Nicole
French Native Speaker and Graphic Designer
Having been born and raised in Montreal, Canada, I grew up speaking and writing in French. I attended French schools all of my life which means I have more than just a few years of French learning but my whole education was immersed in French only. Not only can I say I speak French but lived in a French cultural environment. I spoke English too because my father was British which means that I learned how to translate back and forth between the two languages (that was very helpful at my jobs i...
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
French
Macintosh
Soojung P. from South Pasadena, CA
My daughter had Nicole since the beginning of the summer just to get prepared for her 9th grade French 1. She's easy going and very friendly, on time and patient, organized, and always prepared. Moves quickly but never goes on without making sure all material is understood! Will definitely keep having her through the school year!
Rob T. from Sierra Madre, CA
Thorough, informative, capable, prompt, friendly, accessible, professional - ALL of the properties you want in a tutor. I look forward to my next session. Nicole is great.
Jennifer M. from Arcadia, CA
This is our first lesson with Nicole, my son was very happy with the class, he almost decided to drop the French class at school before met with Nicole, and now he rebuilt confidence to continue to study French, thank you Nicole!
Joanne L. from San Gabriel, CA
Nicole is very patient and professional. She is great with my children's french lessons, and does a wonderful job of preparing for class. We are very satisfied with her.
Daniel H. from Arcadia, CA
Nicole P. is great. She is always punctual and friendly. Her class is fun and my kid learns fast. We enjoy her teaching.
Shelley H. from Los Angeles, CA
I would like to say that Nicole is both a very patient and well prepared French tutor. The combination of these two factors helped my first meeting with her go well. I am looking forward to having another French session with Nicole soon. Thanks Nicole.
Frank O. from South Pasadena, CA
Nicole took the time to research where our son stood in his French studies so that she could prepare before meeting with him. He thus found her well-organized, friendly and making good use of time. Having help from a native speaker really helps! We would highly recommend her.
Sarah G. from Pasadena, CA
This was my daughter's first session with Nicole. Nicole took the time to review her prior class work (at Nicole's request, we sent it to her ahead of time) and was prepared to help her with specific instances of what she was doing wrong. She was easy to follow, explained things well and used humor. My daughter thought the 90 minute session was very helpful and went by quickly.
Alison L. from San Marino, CA
My college-age son did not speak any French when he started his sessions with Nicole, and he learned a lot in just a few weeks with her. My son's main motivation for studying French was that his planned graduate programs expect him to acquire a working knowledge of French over time. We considered enrolling my son in a French class, but the dates of various classes locally and elsewhere did not work with his schedule, so individual tutoring seemed better. And allowed my son to move at his own pace. Sessions were productive and covered a lot of ground, including reading, writing, speaking, pronunciation, grammar, and more. I was impressed that when my son's textbook went temporarily missing for one session, Nicole was still able to have a very useful two hour session without the book. I believe my son's French is off to a great start thanks to Nicole. He seemed to enjoy the sessions and seemed to enjoy speaking a bit of French with me between sessions as well. An extra benefit was that Nicole is from Montreal, and my son will soon be traveling to Montreal. She, at his request, filled him in on a few quirks of French as spoken in Montreal, although they spent the vast majority of their time on French as spoken in France.
Frankie M. from Pasadena, CA
She was smart and fun and energetic and very patient. I would definitely recommend her to other students and I plan on using her again myself.
Alicia M. from Los Angeles, CA
Having never used InDesign, and despite the session being short due to the volume of teaching that we went through, I already feel like I have learnt the crucial basics. Nicole was very patient in trying to understand my questioning (I certainly don't know all the right terminology), and in her subsequent explanations. Once I have had time to practice and do some 'trial by error', I shall certainly call on her again for further teaching to advance my skills.
Debbi L. from Pasadena, CA
Nicole was a great teacher while I'm learning InDesign. She is very patient and takes the time to go through each steps thoroughly. I will definitely continue working with Nicole!
Tony D. from Sanford, NC
I will have to say I am very pleased with her teaching methods. She is easy to follow and spends her time with me when I'm not able to follow.I would recommend her to other students with no hesitation