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One of the greatest joys of teaching French is meeting people from all walks of life, each with their own reason for learning the language. Some want better results at school. Some are preparing for university. Some dream of travelling confidently through France. Others want to communicate with loved ones, advance their careers or fulfil a personal ambition.

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Love

Speaking Wedding Vows in French

One afternoon I received a phone call from an Australian gentleman who was about to marry a French woman in just a few weeks. He wanted to surprise his bride by delivering his wedding vows in French. At that stage he could not speak French, so we worked together every day, practising each sentence carefully and focusing on pronunciation, rhythm and expression.

After the wedding he told me that his bride was completely surprised and deeply moved. She had tears in her eyes when she heard him speak to her in her own language. He later continued learning French with me. This remains one of the moments that reminds me why learning a language can be about much more than grammar and vocabulary.

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What Students Say

  • My daughter has loved her lessons with Anna. She has nurtured her love of the French language, and we’ve seen the result of that in her school results.

    Mat Whittingham

    Aug 2026

  • Ana provided lessons to complement my daughter’s school French lessons and Ana’s lessons have been of immense assistance and support. Ana’s clear and patient teaching style is wonderful.

    A. Walton

    July 2026

  • My experience with Ana has been great so far. She has really helped me improve my French skills for school, my marks shot up in my last exam compared to before I started with her. Definitely recommend.

    Grace McMartin

    June 2026

  • My daughter enjoyed the flexibility of face to face and zoom learning and the flexibility it provided. Ana was very supportive and professional with great teaching experience. Very helpful around exam times!

    Emma Gilardi

    April 2026

  • I have been taking French private lessons with Anahita for 2 years. She is such an excellent tutor who teaches with great patience and clarity. She maintains strong discipline while remaining flexible to each student’s needs. Anahita is the kind of teacher your child needs to succeed.

    Stacey Yang

    February 2026

  • Ana has been a great French tutor for my daughter. I just wish I had found her sooner.

    Catherine Sherrington

    Sept 2024

  • Fabulous and friendly teacher. Ana insists on a high standard of spoken and written French ensuring accurate learning of the French language. A pleasure to learn French with Ana.

    Miranda Risbey

    February 2022

  • Ana is very supportive and professional in her French tutoring. She connects well with her pupils and is very encouraging and professional. She makes learning fun and her classes greatly compliment school programs with great results. Highly recommend.

    Kate Banks

    Nov 2020

  • My boys Alex and Anthony are very lucky to learn French from Ana. She is a very professional and patient French teacher. During each lesson, she explained French in very clear and detail words to my 8 years old boys. Moreover, she constantly helped boys to review grammar and vocabulary so that boys could remember properly. Anthony said Ana made me understand and remember everything she had taught me. Alex said Ana made sure I fully understood all French genders and other important bases.

    Anna Lei

    July 2020

  • Anna is so good and professional, my son Oscar has made great progress during the past weeks. He also got rewards due to the progress at school.

    Leo Cheng

    June 2020

  • Great lesson, great teacher! Ana is knowledgeable, friendly and her lessons are well organised. My son has improved a lot in French - can’t wait to take more lessons with her.

    Jocelyn Chan

    March 2020

  • Learning French with Ana was a great and worthwhile experience. Not only did I vastly expand my understanding of the French language, but my French grades at school improved significantly. I highly recommend learning French with Ana, she is both kind and strict- a combination that allows her students to succeed.

    Ella Catrona

    May 2019

  • We are very fortunate to have found Ana as a tutor for high school French! My son decided to take up French for year 9 in high school, having not done it in year 8. The school allowed this provided he was able to cover year 8 French in his own time. Ana was instrumental in him reaching this point. My son and I have been very happy with Ana’s teaching skills and professionalism.

    Amatul Ali

    September 2018

  • My son has been learning French with Ana for last few months. She is very accommodative and he feels comfortable. He likes to learn French language, so I thought of encouraging him to do so. One-on-one attention is very useful and her experience in the language speaks for itself. I look forward for my son to learn more and enjoy French in the coming years.

    Sree Sakthi

    Feb 2018

  • My daughter has been learning French with Ana for some months now, and has found Ana to be extremely competent, patient and encouraging. Ana is focused on seeing the children learn, improve and excel in the French language. The environment is warm, friendly, caring and flexible when need be. My daughter has enjoyed and thrived under Ana’s guidance, and I highly recommend her to anyone requiring assistance with any aspect of the French language.

    Kim C

    January 2018

  • Ana is a very good French tutor. She’s great with students especially in High School like myself. She is very understanding and has a great sense of humour which makes her lessons fun. The way she explains everything makes it easy to follow. Ana helps with schoolwork, homework, pre-tests and assignments. I joined her tuitions in Year 7 and it has helped me to gain confidence and given me a strong head start.

    Anny Chu

    Beecroft, December 2017

  • I reached out to Ana with 3 and a half weeks before my university exams for my second semester of French. I was struggling greatly due to the swift pace of classes at Uni and Ana’s tutoring allowed me to improve. Within that time Ana squeezed me in for 10 lessons and I was able to improve immensely from where I began. I quickly learned that while studying I hadn’t quite grasped some key concepts. I was able to learn foundational grammar that I had never understood quite correctly. My lessons were tailored to what I needed for my exams. Ana’s teaching style has meant that I have been able not only to improve my knowledge of French, but also my vocabulary, speaking, comprehension and writing skills. Following my exams I have chosen to continue with my lessons due to the benefits I’ve seen. I would highly recommend Ana, particularly if you are feeling unsure of your French.

    Rachel Parsons

    West Pennant Hills, November 2017

  • My son has been learning French with Ana for the last 4 months. Ana is very accommodative and he feels comfortable. He likes to learn foreign language so I thought of encouraging him to do so. I feel the one-on-one attention is very useful and her experience in the language speaks for itself. I look forward for my son to learn more and enjoy French in the coming years.

    Sree Sakthi

    Wahroonga, October 2017

  • Thankyou Ana for your help preparing for my 5-month exchange to France. Your lessons are clear, practical, organised and enjoyable with a good mix of grammar, conversation and pronunciation.

    Kayla Beardsell

    July 2016

  • I love Paris and wanted to learn French so my visits there would be even more fulfilling. I tried the group courses which give you some basics, but it didn’t really work for me. I started individual lessons with Anna this year and it has been challenging but also very rewarding. I am learning the language now not just a few words and Ana has been patient enough to let me learn at my own pace whilst keeping a solid schedule of progression. I am increasingly more confident and felt at ease using what I had learned so far in my last holiday a few months ago. I am determined to speak and understand the French language, and I know with Anna’s help and support I will achieve what I set out to do. I would recommend Anna to anyone wishing to do the same.

    Monique Buckman

  • I wish to recommend Ana and thank her for her wonderful work with my son, learning French in year seven and eight. She has a wonderful manner with Jonathon, and he really enjoyed his lessons with her. She gave him confidence and skills and helped him catch up with his class when he joined halfway through the year with astounding speed and ease. He has learnt so much and really felt supported and at home with Ana. We have also really appreciated Ana’s flexibility with lessons with life’s unavoidable clashes of commitment and illness, and we also found doing lessons with her by WhatsApp easy and incredibly beneficial. I could not recommend Ana highly enough for tutoring your children in a warm, encouraging, confidence instilling yet highly professional and skilled manner.

    Robyn Parkin

  • I am very happy to recommend to you Ana of French Tutor Sydney. I have known Ana for over a year and during this time she has instructed me in French. French tuitions from Ana, covered all areas of the language including grammar, vocabulary and pronunciations and various activities were undertaken in order to gain proficiency in speaking, listening, reading and writing French. I found Ana to be very thorough, patient, flexible and attentive to my learning requirements. My French lessons were an absolute pleasure and through Ana’s method of teaching, I gained a well-rounded and solid foundation of the French language.

    Monika Horvat

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