Find expert French tutors in Dundalk

Learning a new language

Secondary school is a stressful time for students of all levels. They are bigger than primary schools, there are many more subjects and the classes themselves are a lot more difficult, not to mention a lot of people struggle to find a group of friends in their first year. That's why having to learn French and Irish can be seen as a daunting task. You have to start from the very basics in French and you’ll be covering similar topics as you learn both Irish and French which can lead to a lot of confusion especially when you have one class after the other. This is why it’s important that you have a plan for learning the language. Engaging in class and doing the homework is a great start for learning french but unless you want to memorize reams of paragraphs and sentences (as many do in Irish), you’ll have to do some work outside of school. This is where a tutor near you in Dundalk can release some of the pressure.

Benefits of a language tutor

A tutor helps in many ways when it comes to learning a language. In Ireland, the French curriculum is overloaded with material, when this is combined with large classes, it makes things very difficult for the teacher. They often don’t have time to keep going over things in class, individual learning styles can’t be considered and most importantly it can often be an uncomfortable environment to ask questions in, you’re surrounded by your student peers, the teacher is moving fast and there's always the worry of asking a silly question. All of these student issues don’t exist with a language tutor, they can adapt their lessons to work best for you, there is a lot less pressure around asking questions and they can move as slowly as you need them to. This is an environment that is conducive to learning anything, not just French.  It’s also impossible to ignore the convenience of a local Dundalk tutor giving lessons but these are not the only benefits to a tutor!

French requires discipline

French is filled with difficult grammatical rules, you could spend countless lessons trying to decipher and memorize them all. French is also not a phonetic language which means the sounds of a letter can change depending on position and context. This means the only foolproof way on picking up on how to speak French is by listening to it, watching it and listening to native speakers! All of this requires dedication, regular practice and most importantly discipline. A tutor can handle that for you, they are a source of motivation and the more work you put in, the more they can help you. The regular lessons(which you can schedule) are a great way of putting in routine French practice.

The difficulty of French

French is considered one of the easiest languages for native English speakers to learn due to its relative similarity in Grammar and vocabulary however, it is also difficult for a number of other reasons. While there are a lot of similarities in vocab, it is also easy to make false assumptions are sometimes called “false friends”. Pain is an obvious example, to an English speaker the meaning would appear obvious but in fact, it means bread in French! The grammar while comparable to English is still very distinct. Tenses used don’t always line up, placement of pro-nouns and adjectives aren’t the same. Some tenses that are used in French aren’t even present in English. For some learners of french, it is useful to translate “old English” into French as the structure is more similar. In the end, they are different languages and people will pick French up at different paces, which is why a tutor can really help with whatever difficulties show up and it's super easy with Supeprof’s location feature to find one in Dundalk.

Finding your French tutor

Superprof allows you to specify Dundalk or any other city in Ireland for where you want to find your tutor, any subject you want including French can be found. Each tutor is shown with their price if the first lesson is free, their name, if they can teach in person and/or online and of course their reviews by previous students. Once you’ve filtered your choices by this point you can find out more about their unique teaching styles, availability and generally more about the person! Bonne chance et à bientôt!