The Intermediate French Class

  • Crissy

    I highly recommend The Intermediate French Class with Elevate French. I'm an anxious introvert and Dr. Nat was still able to make me feel comfortable within the class. I really appreciated that Dr. Nat is a native English speaker who's attained fluency in French. She can relate to the common issues that English speakers struggle with, whether it's pronunciation or grammar structures. The course is well organized, the live classes were incredibly helpful, and my French has improved. Absolutely worth it!

  • Rebecca

    This is a great investment in anyone's French learning journey. The course combines grammar instruction, original French materials, lots of real-world examples and the chance to practice speaking.

  • Debra

    The Elevate French course gave structure to the process of language-learning, which is the most important thing for me. Scheduled meetings and weekly goals were instrumental in just "getting down to business". Also, the friendly and supportive group of like-minded people enabled me to practice my spoken French without any fear of judgement.

  • Jeremy

    Dr. Nat is the most enthusiastic language instructor I've encountered! Her love for the subject-matter is motivating and infectious. I would recommend her to anyone looking to learn more French!

  • Wanda

    100% recommended! The course definitely took me out of my comfort zone and gave me that push to keep going in my journey to becoming proficient in speaking french.

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Beyond Bonjour: French Foundations Reboot

  • Donna

    It significantly improved my pronunciation and it helped me to understand past tense in a way I never did before. Most importantly, Dr. Natalie gave me the tools and the confidence to speak French instead of just relying upon what I could write and read. This course is the best way I have seen to learn a language in a meaningful way. Canned courses do not compare!

  • Karen

    I have so many more resources now that I didn't know about previously. The benefit in having an in-person (Zoom) teaching experience cannot be overstated. There are many good tools to learn, but having a small class with live interaction is really helpful. It was really a pleasure to take the class with Dr. Nat. She clearly has a passion for teaching languages, and is so patient with everyone's tentative attempts and mistakes.

  • Rod

    Natalie made what can be an intense learning experience, much easier by her understanding and availability to interact with us individually. A very positive experience, especially Natalie's focus on how French is spoken in everyday life

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Debra’s Journey with the French Fluency Roadmap

As an intermediate learner of French, I highly recommend Dr. Nat’s French Fluency Roadmap. At first glance, I thought it was a simple tool to keep me ‘on track’ in my language learning journey but as I progressed, I found it to be a wonderful motivational tool -- one that made me really think about my overall goals and kept me accountable, to myself!  

Using it every day, in a very short time I began to see accomplishments and milestones achieved, in a written form that made them feel “real”! Again, this provided further motivation to keep going, learn new things, attend classes, broaden my comfort-zone and stretch that *extra little bit* to master a concept that, until recently, had seemed impossible.

Breaking down goals into one-month chunks feels entirely achievable and it is!  I create my Blueprint as a simple document on my laptop, broken down by month, week and day, in which I track not only my formal French learning activities (like classes) but every little thing I do in French each day --  time spent listening to French radio, online vocabulary games played, TV programs and movies watched, the study of particular grammar points, YouTube segments in French, words added to a vocabulary list which eventually become flashcards, emails written in French, podcasts enjoyed while driving, French novels read, etc.

I feel it’s important to draw on a wide variety of resources but certainly, it’s not possible to do ALL these things every day -- but that’s the key – the French Fluency Roadmap allows you the flexiblity to do the things that you enjoy but demands a commitment of time to make your goals a reality. The specific goal you set will change from month to month, and success will be easily measured by how easy (or even effortless) the challenge has become. If you’re still struggling (as I often do) I just add the same goal again for another week or month of study.

There is no escaping the fact that it takes time and dedication. In my case, I have committed to a minimum of two hours of French per day, which will continue. Two hours may seem like a lot but think about it – how much time do you spend watching less-than-exhilarating TV? Could you listen to French radio during your daily commute? Could you listen to a podcast while doing household chores? The thing is, it’s not important to understand every word! Just being immersed in the language is incredibly valuable, in my opinion.

When using the French Fluency Roadmap, I feel a sense of satisfaction at the end of each month when I look back over all the topics I’ve covered, exposure to new French vocabulary, concepts and culture. Although I know I have a long road ahead, I believe that the French Fluency Roadmap will continue to help me navigate this exciting journey and I’m grateful to Dr. Nat for having created the Elevate French Program and this indispensable resource. L'aventure se poursuivra tant que je continuerai à avancer!