Sarah

PROFILE

Native French speaker and qualified teacher (PGCE) with 20+ years turning learners of every level — from GCSE students to Airbus and MBDA executives — into confident French speakers. Equally at home lecturing undergraduates at the University of Hertfordshire, coaching one-to-one in the boardroom, or building teaching resources from scratch: designed and produced a 288-lesson, 7-level multimedia French course still used to train corporate learners in Japan.

KEY STRENGTHS

• Business & executive French tuition for blue-chip clients (Airbus, MBDA)• University lecturing and curriculum delivery (Univ. of Hertfordshire)• GCSE–A Level exam preparation; official OCR examiner• Multimedia course design — built a 288-lesson, 7-level video course from the ground up• Bilingual sales & client interface experience across European markets

EXPERIENCE

Freelance French Tutor2004 – Present

Deliver business French tuition to professionals at Airbus and MBDA, Stevenage, plus private coaching from GCSE to AS/A2. Serve as OCR examiner marking AS-level papers and coordinate the French exchange programme for LEC, Paris.

Visiting Lecturer in French — University of Hertfordshire2011 – 2016

Taught French to 2nd- and 3rd-year undergraduates in the School of Humanities.

French Developer / Assistant Supervisor — Nova Group, Osaka, Japan1997 – 1999

Led development of a video-conference French course: 288 lessons across 7 levels, 3 textbooks, 1 CD-ROM, 3 audio CDs and 7 video CDs.

French Teacher — Nova Group Education Department, Osaka, Japan1996 – 1997

Taught French as a foreign language to Japanese students across all ages and ability levels.

Earlier Roles1991 – 2003

French Teacher, Sir John Lawes School, Harpenden (GCSE–AS/2) · Sales Executive, Outokumpu, Potters Bar · French Teacher, Rugby Language Centre · English Teacher, Champollion & Méditerranée High Schools, Montpellier · Multilingual Sales Assistant, Grant Ameristone Ltd · French Assistant, King Henry VIII School, Coventry.

EDUCATION

PGCE (Secondary), Modern Foreign Languages — French with Spanish, University of Hertfordshire, 2000–2001

M.A. English as a Foreign Language — Paul Valéry University, Montpellier, 1988–1993

B.A. English Civilisation and Literature — Paul Valéry University, Montpellier, 1988–1993