A Dedicated Team of Teachers

We are a team of passionate and highly qualified native French speaking teachers. Together, we share experiences and ideas in order to offer you a “Language Experience”!
Our teachers maintain a passion for the French language and culture and their bubbly and supportive personalities make learning fun and interesting.

Caroline

Caroline grew up in the Rhône-Alpes region of France and has a degree in Languages, Politics and Economics from Grenoble University. She moved to Australia in 1993 after a career in industrial marketing and training in several European countries. As a qualified teacher of French as a foreign language, Caroline joined French à la Carte in 2012. In July 2014, she succeeded Françoise Presse who established the school in 2008.
Her favourite French word is ‘étincelle’ because it sparkles!

Florence

Florence joined the French à la Carte team in 2013. She comes from Avignon and moved to Australia in 2012. She has a Languages Teaching degree from the University of Montpellier.
Her career spans more than ten years teaching French and Italian to corporate professionals and diplomats in Paris and Provence.
Florence’s favourite French word is ‘pipelette’ – because she has a lot of them in her classes!

Fanny

Fanny comes from Paris. She moved to Australia in 2007 with her family after having lived in London for many years.
In 2013, after 20 years’ work experience in the hospitality industry, Fanny undertook a career change to follow her passion and genuine enthusiasm for the French language and its culture. Fanny is now a qualified DAEFLE teacher and joined French à la Carte in 2015.
Her favourite French word is ‘bienveillance’ – a difficult word to translate in English, she likes what it represents: the essential human qualities of generosity, patience, forgiveness, empathy, kindness and compassion.

Blandine C.

Blandine joined French à la Carte in October 2017, only a few weeks after arriving from France! She holds a Master’s degree in teaching French as a foreign language from the Paris Sorbonne University. She started working as a French teacher in various language schools around Paris and moved for a year to Latvia and two years to the Philippines, teaching French to university students.
Her favourite French word is ‘gourmandise’ because it promises the pleasure of chocolate and other sweet things. And Blandine has a sweet tooth!

Marie-Françoise

Marie-Françoise has been teaching at French à la Carte for many years. She has become our conversation class specialist thanks to her enthusiastic personality and extensive cultural knowledge of all things French.

She regularly travels to her second home in Franche-Comté, a beautiful region in Eastern France near the border of Switzerland.

Marie-Françoise’s favourite French word is ‘libellule’ because this insect, with its translucent wings, evokes the lightness and fragility of people and objects.

Blandine B.

Blandine moved to Australia with her family in the late 1980s. She studied Spatial Design and Interior Architecture at the Ecole Boulle in Paris. In Australia she completed her studies, finishing with a Graduate Diploma in Teaching LOTE (UTS). Blandine never tires of sharing her passion for the French language. She has worked with the whole range of learners, from preschoolers to school students and adults, developing syllabuses as well as teaching. She also tutors applicants for HSC, IB, TCF, DELF and DALF examinations.
Her favourite French word is ‘coccinelle’ because it is beautiful, colourful and it flies.

Cathlin

Cathlin is an Australian-born Francophile who looks after the marketing and communications for French à la Carte. Her French learning journey began at the age of 12, and she’s been in love with the language ever since. Her 2 young sons share this passion, as they are being raised in a bilingual household.
With a background in PR and event management, Cathlin is also an experienced language teacher who has worked in Canada, France and West Africa.

Her favourite French word is ‘patatras’ as it perfectly describes the sound when a tower of blocks comes crashing down, a common occurrence in a house of young boys!

Claire

Claire joined the French à la Carte team in 2019. She comes from Aix en Provence and moved to Australia in 2018. After graduating in 2013 with a Masters Degree in Teaching and Education, Claire was a French Kindergarten and Primary school teacher. She chose to work in low socio-economic areas, where French is a second language for most families.

Claire’s favourite French word is ‘apéro’ – because she learns a lot about people during l’apéritif !

Amel

Amel has a Master’s degree in teaching French as a Foreign Language (FLE) from the University of La Laguna in Tenerife (Canary Islands). She started working as a French teaching assistant in Spanish secondary schools, followed by a stint at the Alliance Française in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. She always knew she wanted to be a teacher and thanks to her experience of living in a foreign country, she realized that many people were interested in the French language and culture.

Amel’s favourite word is ‘raclette’ because it’s the most exciting part about winter, when we can share this delicious melted cheese dish with family and friends.

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