Award-Winning AP French Tutors
serving Hartford, CT

I'm a teacher living in New Haven, Connecticut. I grew up in CT before going to Smith College where I studied European history and education. I spent my junior year abroad in Paris, France and fell in love with the city and its history so much that I moved there after college to get my master's degree from the Sorbonne in early modern French history. While I was there, I tutored students of all ages in English and I taught English conversation to French high school students. Then I joined Teach for America and moved back to the states, where I've taught ancient history to 5th graders for the last two years. I'm fluent in French and scored a C2 (highest level) on the Test de Connaissance du franais. I love tutoring test prep, history and French. In my free time, I like to hike, cook and ski.

Studying French at the university level while simultaneously teaching it gives Alexandra a dual perspective most AP French tutors lack — she knows both the academic depth of the language and the specific stumbling blocks students hit on timed AP tasks. She digs into the presentational writing and speaking components, breaking down how to organize an argument in French using proper discourse markers and register. Her 1570 SAT reflects the same test-taking rigor she brings to AP exam strategy.

I am capable of teaching French comprehension and structure with confidence and a great deal of experience.

Pursuing a degree in French with plans to specialize in French-English translation, Sarah brings a translator's ear to AP French prep — she teaches students to stop converting English thoughts word by word and instead build sentences that sound naturally French, which is exactly what graders reward on the interpersonal and presentational tasks. Her English minor also sharpens her ability to pinpoint where interference between the two languages causes errors in register, syntax, and idiomatic phrasing.

I am excited to be home and help fellow straphangers on their educational paths! My largest wealth of tutoring experience is in foreign languages--particularly French--but I also feel very comfortable editing essays of any kind and working through standardized test concepts. My availability is extremely flexible, and anywhere in New York City works for me. I look forward to working with you.

I am comfortable tutoring the language at any level. Besides French, I enjoy with students on SAT prep and college application essays. I am passionate about teaching and know what it takes to create a personalized program to help students reach their goals. Outside of tutoring, I'm an avid reader with a particular passion for modern Middle Eastern history, and I love watching cycling and going for bike rides.

Having earned her MA in French from Middlebury and studied at the Sorbonne, Margaret knows exactly what AP French graders look for in the persuasive essay and the cultural comparison. She drills the presentational and interpersonal communication tasks with an emphasis on register, idiomatic accuracy, and building arguments that go beyond surface-level observations.

I'm New York City born and raised. I graduated from the University of Chicago last year with a degree in East Asian Languages and Civilizations. I am developing my own teaching methods to evolve traditional East Asian and French language acquisition, and to do this I need even more experience. My course of study has been directed at learning as much as I can about the culture, economy, and history of East Asia, China and Japan in particular. I view myself as someone who is entrepreneurial, collegial, individually motivated to produce high quality work, as well as foster a love of the subject which I teach. I am compassionate and enjoy working with both children and adults. I believe I have something to learn from everyone I meet.

A semester-long language-immersion program in Toulouse gave Laura the kind of fluency that AP French graders actually reward — natural register, idiomatic phrasing, and the ability to argue a position without mentally translating from English first. French is one of her two majors at Washington University in St. Louis, and she channels that deep study into the cultural comparison and persuasive essay tasks where students need to go beyond correct grammar and demonstrate real command of the language. Rated 5.0 by students.

Erintrude earned her bachelor's degree in French from Kenyon College, giving her the deep literary and linguistic grounding that AP French demands — from analyzing texts by Francophone authors to constructing persuasive essays entirely in French. She knows how to break down the presentational and interpersonal communication tasks that drive AP scoring, and her translation studies background sharpens students' ability to think in French rather than mentally converting from English.

Earning a degree with a French emphasis means Mac didn't just study the language — he lived inside its grammar, literature, and cultural context for years. For AP French, he zeroes in on the presentational writing and speaking tasks that tend to separate 4s from 5s, drilling the subjunctive constructions and transitional phrases that make responses sound polished rather than translated from English.

Two years living and teaching in Guadeloupe gave Megan the kind of immersive French fluency that AP exam prep demands — particularly for the interpersonal speaking and presentational writing tasks that trip students up most. She knows the difference between textbook French and the real-world usage AP graders reward. Her approach tackles listening comprehension and cultural context alongside grammar so students feel prepared for every section.

Dartmouth's rigorous liberal arts curriculum gave Arianna deep exposure to French language and culture, and she brings that academic foundation to AP exam preparation. She walks students through the interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational communication modes the exam tests, with particular attention to the cultural comparison essay and audio-source synthesis that trip up most test-takers.