Hello, my name is Sixtine PARINAUD and I'm an experienced native French tutor currently living in France. I have been giving French lessons online with Verbalplanet since 2025. I am currently offering a free initial trial lesson for new students.
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About me - English
Hello,
I started with literary studies in Hypokhâgne, and then I did a master’s degree in Film studies at Sorbonne Nouvelle. I am passionate about reading and writing, translation and languages in general. I can understand Spanish and I am learning German.
Professionnaly speaking, I was a musher (sled dog guide) for 4 years in Canada and I am currently on a WHV in New Zealand for 1 year.
Qualifications & Experience
I gave private lessons to children with learning difficulties.
I was an au pair in Switzerland for 2 months to teach French to a Swiss German family.
I gave tutoring, flute and mushing classes, which provided me with an educational experience.
Teaching Approach
In general, I like to teach through conversation, play, and fun exercises.
Learning while having fun often helps to maintain interest in what one is studying and even to give the motivation to continue, despite the immensity of the task.
But it is obvious that to progress significantly, one must go through sometimes tedious exercises of pure study: vocabulary learning, writing, reading, watching and listening content.
In my opinion, learning a language requires immersion, and if one go to a country speaking the chosen language, one can create around oneself an immersive bubble, which will allow one to listen to the 'music' of a language, to immerse oneself in it so that its 'logic' is inscribed in it, unconsciously.
Après des études littéraires en classes préparatoires Hypokhâgne, je me suis dirigée vers un master de Cinéma à la Sorbonne Nouvelle. Je suis passionnée de lecture et d'écriture, de traduction et de langages en générale. Je peux comprendre l'espagnol et je suis en train d'apprendre l'allemand.
Au niveau professionnel, j'ai été musher (guide de chiens de traîneau) pendant 4 ans au Canada et je suis actuellement en PVT en Nouvelle Zélande pour 1 an.
Qualifications & Experience
J'ai donné des cours particuliers à des enfants en difficulté scolaire.
J'ai été jeune fille au pair en Suisse pendant 2 mois pour apprendre le français à une famille de Suisse allemand.
J'ai donné des cours de soutien, de flûte et de mushing, ce qui m'a fourni une expérience pédagogique.
Teaching Approach
En général, j'aime enseigner par la conversation, le jeu et les exercices ludiques.
Apprendre en s'amusant aide souvent à conserver l'intérêt pour ce que l'on étudie et même à donner la motivation de continuer, malgré l'immensité de la tâche.
Mais il est évident que pour progresser significativement, il faut en passer par des exercices parfois fastidieux d'étude pure: apprentissage de vocabulaire, rédaction, lecture, visionnage et écoute de contenu.
Selon moi, l'apprentissage d'une langue requiert l'immersion, et si l'on ne peut pas forcément se rendre dans un pays parlant la langue choisie, on peut créer autour de soi une bulle immersive, qui permettra d'écouter la "musique" d'une langue, de s'en imprégner afin que sa "logique" s'inscrive en nous, de manière inconsciente.