French immersion : language & culture

French immersion : language & culture

Speak French.
Get free.

I guide ambitious expats building a life in France,

to flourish on their own terms.

I guide ambitious expats

building a life in France,

to flourish on their own terms.

ways in

100%

lived, never revised

satisfied learners

the problem

You understand the words.
Not the room.

You may understand the words. But not the room.

Tu or vous? You freeze every time.

The waiter switches to English the second you hesitate.

Everyone laughs at the joke. You laugh a second too late.

2 kisses? 3? A handshake?

They’re being ironic. You took it literally.

You speak French. But France doesn’t answer back.

Yet.

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The art of living,
handed over.

a way of life

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The method

How French is taught frankly

Technique

Pattern recognition

I taught myself Italian, then used it daily at the French Embassy in Rome. One new ending gives you 200 words in a new language.

HUMAN

A trial and error process

Nothing is corrected mid-sentence. I explain and we fix at your rhythm. 3 years of teaching showed me that interrupting is what makes people stop daring.

French as spoken now

Textbooks hand a French nobody speaks anymore. You will get: spoken syntax, verlan, 20 verbs that carry half a conversation, and the ability to discern when to use which.

INCARNATION

I don't explain France. I live it.

The codes I share are the ones I use daily. Cooking, traveling to places I describe, sitting 4 hours at a Sunday lunch in family. France is not my subject, but my life.

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The doctrine

Learn by living, not studying.

You haven’t been learning French. You’ve been studying it, the way one studies a dead language that no one ever speaks back to you.

Personalization

Whether you coach tennis, work in the yacht or fashion industry, we will deal with words that your life requires.

Immersion

You buy fruits at the Cours Saleya, we argue over a glass on a terrasse. You have to live the language not revise it.

Belonging

It is not a matter of vocabulary. You will learn to read the room and France will finally lets you in.

It is not a matter of vocabulary. You will learn to
read the room and France will finally lets you in.

Fluent is not perfect. Fluent is free.

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about Arthur

I love France with an unreasonable love. The same one that brought you here.

Riots in Paris, taxes that would make the USSR blush. But still, here we are, held by the grandeur of its culture and the softness of its way of life.

My studies in international relations taught me one thing: social codes matter far more than grammar. I saw it watching my own country from the outside, from the French Embassy in Rome.

I studied languages, and understood how badly we teach what should set people free.

So I promised myself I would never stop learning.

Guiding you is a way of keeping it.

I will hand you France. And let you in.

Frankly yours,

Arthur

about Arthur

Frankly yours,

Arthur

I love France with an unreasonable love. The same one that brought you here.

Riots in Paris, taxes that would make the USSR blush. But still, here we are, held by the grandeur of its culture and the softness of its way of life.

My studies in international relations taught me one thing: social codes matter far more than grammar. I saw it watching my own country from the outside, from the French Embassy in Rome.

I studied languages, and understood how badly we teach what should set people free.

So I promised myself I would never stop learning.

Guiding you is a way of keeping it.

I will hand you France. And let you in.

about Arthur

I love France with an unreasonable love. The same one that brought you here.

Riots in Paris, taxes that would make the USSR blush. But still, here we are, held by the grandeur of its culture and the softness of its way of life.

My studies in international relations taught me one thing: belonging matter far more than grammar. I saw it watching my own country from the outside, from the French Embassy in Rome.

I studied languages, and understood how badly we teach what should set people free.

So I promised myself I would never stop learning.

Guiding you is a way of keeping it.

I will hand you France. And let you in.

Frankly yours,

Arthur

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testimonials

They did it.

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Hayden, 28, Phoenix & NYC

Arthur is always incredibly patient and never makes you feel stupid about anything.

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Sarah, 25, Stuttgart & Strasbourg

He created a learning experience that was completely tailored to my needs, goals and interests

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Paige, 24, Salt Lake City

After each session, I walk away feeling both confident and motivated.

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Le Franc-Parler

James, 38, Dublin & Strasbourg

I started reading the room instead of translating it.

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Le Franc-Jeu

Zara, 31, Cape Town & Cannes

In one afternoon he undid two years of me bracing for a conflict that was never there.

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Le Franc-Jeu

Thomas, 33, Montpellier & Cannes

I came in as the native speaker and left as the one who had been getting it wrong.

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Chloé, 18, Vancouver

I learned more about France and the French in five days than in years of trying on my own.

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La Session Franche

Chloé, 18, Canada

In a single lesson I faced the fear I had carried through seven years of learning French.

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Tatiana, 41, Bucarest & Antibes

He is patient and attentive, and he adapts the learning path quickly.

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the offers

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monthly

L’Affranchi

4 personnalized sessions a month, with continuity. The steady way in.

250€ / month · in person or video

monthly

L’Affranchi

4 personnalized sessions a month, with continuity. The steady way in.

250€ / month · in person or video

a week

S’affranchir

4 half-days on the ground, 1 dinner, 3 drinks. France, lived.

700€ · in person only

a week

S’affranchir

4 half-days on the ground, 1 dinner, 3 drinks. France, lived.

700€ · in person only

3 months

Le Franc-Parler

Everything, for as long as it takes you to belong. Capped at 6 hours a week.

2 500€ · the full passage

3 months

Le Franc-Parler

Everything, for as long as it takes you to belong. Capped at 6 hours a week.

2 500€ · the full passage

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Speak French.Get free.

Speak French.Get free.

You understand the words. Not the room.

You may understand the words. But not the room.

You speak French. But France doesn’t answer back.

The art of living,handed over.

The art of living,handed over.