MadameSay

I have worked as a college French professor and as a private tutor in French for years. I currently work at a suburban high school after leaving a public charter school in the Denver Metro area. I am a firm believer in language acquisition using comprehensible (and compelling!) input. I have been trained in CI/TPRS in courses taught by Blaine Ray, Carol Gaab, Stephen Krashen, and Beniko Mason. I started using CI/TPRS in the fall of 2017, and it's so exciting to see my students grow with this method. I teach all levels of French, from exploratory through AP.

CI/TPRS. My goal: kids acquire the language through fun stories whose plots distract them enough that they forget they are in language class. While challenging, the class should FEEL easy for students. The best compliment I got from a student was when he told me at the end of the year that he "loved that we never really did anything in class except tell goofy stories, and yet he left knowing and being able to use so much French."

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JYA, Université de Paris IV (La Sorbonne), History // B.A. French and History, Magna Cum Laude, Tulane University // M.A. French Literature, University of Texas, Austin

When I am not teaching, I enjoy spending time with my husband and 2 kids and our dog. I love exploring the beautiful state of Colorado and the world with them, and you will usually find me with a camera in my hand recording our adventures.​