Testimonials
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★★★★★ A fantastic teacher
Gaëlle is a fantastic teacher, she is kind, patient and encouraging and helps me come up with different ways to improve and practice my french that I can easily fit into my schedule. For the first time in my french learning journey, I enjoy our lessons and don’t feel worried about making mistakes.
NEUROLANGUAGE COACHING
Elizabeth Goolden, juin 2023 (Google)
★★★★★ I couldn't be happier.
I took individual classes with Gaëlle and I couldn’t be happier. Gaëlle pays a lot of attention to your goals and prepares lessons very well. I particularly liked that she corrected my speaking mistakes in a very kind way and always proposed various exercises to practice. I fully recommend her as a teacher and planning to continue after summer!
PRIVATE TUITION
Anna de Wit, 06/2023 (Google)
★★★★★ The confidence to really speak and answer in French
I have lived in Switzerland particularly in the Suisse Romande side for more than a decade. And it was like only a year ago that I gained the confidence to really speak and answer in French without feeling uncomfortable and be mentally blocked of what to say or answer when someone comes up to me for a conversation .Thanks to Gaelle as she manage to unlock/ unblock me and help me gain my confidence to speak the French language. She is quite patient and has the technique to teach you to learn the language . I still have a long way to go to really speak properly but at least now I can engage myself in some basic conversation in French. Again, A huge thank you to Gaelle and would highly recommend her.
BABBLE BREAK
Eunice G., 06/2023 (Facebook)
★★★★★ What a wonderful class.
What a wonderful class. I attend the weekly babble break class and love it. Gaëlle has a passion for languages and culture that shows in the way she delivers the classes. It’s a highly interactive class with a small number of students. The conversation starters and topics are always interesting and I have learnt so much beyond French language in the classes. While the focus is on conversational skills, Gaëlle covers grammatical aspects as well when she sees an area we are struggling with. It’s a lovely space where I have met wonderful people and I would whole heartedly recommend it to anyone who would like to improve their French conversational skills.
BABBLE BREAK
Nadia D., 06/2023 (Google)
★★★★★ A phenomenal French teacher.
Gaëlle from Les Mots is a phenomenal French teacher and a really lovely person . She creates a safe, supportive, fun atmosphere to learn. Her classes help expand relevant vocabulary, improve pronunciation and grammar, increase confidence as well as discuss interesting aspects of culture and history. Class discussions often include sharing our different cultural perspectives and experiences and are always lots of fun. After taking Gaëlle’s classes, my ability and confidence to communicate in French has improved dramatically. Additionally, I have really enjoyed the fun, social aspect of her classes and have developed some close friendships with other class members. As a language teacher and Director of Studies myself, Gaëlle is one of those rare gems of a teacher, who has a wide range of skills and expertise, a kind supportive mannerism creating the ideal environment for successful language acquisition. Gaëlle is extremely proficient as a linguistics teacher and as a personal or corporate trainer. I cannot recommend Gaëlle’s services enough!🌻
BABBLE BREAK
Alvida Russ, 06/2023 (Google)
★★★★★ Gaëlle makes French conversation fun!
Gaelle makes French conversation fun! I look forward to coming to BB every week because it’s just like having coffee with friends. She moderates it well so everyone have an equal chance of speaking. She comes up with good topics that are useful on a daily basis. She makes you feel at ease and welcomes your ideas and questions. The subscription packs makes it easy to manage your lessons where you don’t feel you’re missing out if you can’t come on a certain week.
Besides BB, Gaelle also helped me prepare for my A2 certification in order to get my C-permit. She’s very informative and made me feel comfortable taking the Fide test. I highly recommend Gaelle for your French-speaking needs so don’t hesitate to ask for her help!
BABBLE BREAK • PRIVATE TUITION
Melanie V., juin 2023 (direct message)
★★★★★ Un plaisir d'apprendre
C’est toujours un plaisir d'apprendre le français avec Gaëlle. Elle est absolument fantastique et très professionnelle. Mon français s'est beaucoup amélioré depuis que j'ai commencé les cours.
BABBLE BREAK
Pernilla Laurits, 09/2022 (Google)
★★★★★ Great opportunity
I have the great opportunity of having French Classes with Gaëlle, after having had lot of language teachers, first in English and now starting French I totally recommend her. Her method and classes helped me a lot on my first steps on a new language.
PRIVATE TUITION
Ig Rudi, 09/2022 (Google)
★★★★★ Love this class
We absolutely love this class. Gaëlle is so amazing and extremely easy teacher. You are always confident about asking questions, she always has the right answers for you. And we learn every class. Thank you, les mots!
Merci beaucoup.
BABBLE BREAK
Tithi Pandya, 09/2022 (Google)
★★★★★ Un soutien incomparable
Gaëlle est d’un soutien incomparable pour la correction de mes textes ainsi que pour mes présentations et oraux. Toujours à l’écoute pour m’aider à surpasser mes objectifs :) et en plus elle est adorable ! Je recommande vivement !
PRIVATE TUITION • PROOFREADING
Valentina Cambiaso, 08/2022 (Google)
★★★★★ The perfect environment for learning
Gaëlle provides the perfect environment for learning. We express ourselves using our current level of french, talking about subjects, which interest us, which encourages us to expand our vocabulary and to communicate freely. She guides the lesson, giving us each turns, correcting us and sending us a quiz after each session. We don't just learn, but also create connection with others in the group.
BABBLE BREAK
Marta Divall, 07/2022 (Google)
★★★★★ Super knowledgeable and passionate about learning
I have been taking the cause-café lessons with Gaëlle for more than a year now. Gaëlle is super knowledgeable and passionate about learning a new language and she always gives great insights into the different ways in which we learn. She uses these different techniques in her classes and she always provides supporting information, summaries and quizzes detailing what we have covered in class. I would definitely recommend Gaelle to anyone wishing to improve their French in a relaxed and comfortable environment.
BABBLE BREAK
Deborah Hughes, 06/2022 (Google)
★★★★★ Makes it fun to learn
Gaëlle is a great teacher. She makes it fun to learn french. I really can recommed her.
BABBLE BREAK
Karen Thorsen, 06/2022 (Google)
★★★★★ Invaluable for me
Gaëlle’s cause-cafés are invaluable for me as I try to improve my conversational French. While the small group size and Gaëlle herself help me feel comfortable speaking, the varied topics, Gaëlle’s patient explanations, and the self-quizzes that she sends out after each meeting assist me in improving my vocabulary and grammar.
BABBLE BREAK
Kari S., 06/2022 (Google)
★★★★★ Vraiment très enrichissant
Ce que j’ai apprécié dans ce cours est le fait que j’aie pu travailler ce que je voulais et ce dont j’avais besoin. Je me suis sentie écoutée dans mes demandes et écoutée en général . Cela m’a aidée, car les lacunes que j’avais avant sont parties et j’ai pu apprendre énormément de choses . Les cours sont structurés, organisés et enrichissants . Cela peut aider d’autres personnes en difficulté, car c’est un cours qui n’est en aucun cas stressant ou encore un cours où on n'a pas envie d’aller , c’est juste vraiment très enrichissant . Les difficultés peuvent être de n’importe quel niveau ou même pas forcément des difficultés, juste l’envie d’apprendre l’anglais. C’est un cours assez calme et très intéressant et beaucoup de gens l’apprécieront.
PRIVATE TUITION
Léa M., 06/2022 (Google)
★★★★★ Love my French lessons
Have absolutely loved my French lessons with Gaelle, she has really helped me make my move to French Switzerland easier. The Neurolanguage method was new to me when I was introduced to Gaelle, and it was quickly apparent how good it was - I can highly recommend to everyone as the lessons can be structured to exactly what you need them to be!
NEUROLANGUAGE COACHING
Jonny M., 06/2022 (Google)
★★★★★ A hugely important support
My son has now been with Gaëlle for the last two years. Whilst he is a fluent speaker of French he lacked written skills (a result of poor teaching at a prior school). Gaëlle has been a hugely important support for him following him through his course work at his current (new) school and preparing him for French written tests. His confidence in written French with respect to spelling and grammar has improved significantly such that he is now performing well at his grade level in French at school. We will continue with Gaëlle as coming from an Italian/English family it is so vital to have a native French support to help with homework/tests preparation. I couldn't recommend Gaëlle more highly. She is so kind and understanding and has the skill of neverending patience that is so important when teaching children.
LANGUAGE TUITION
Claire V., 05/2022 (direct)
★★★★★ I feel totally unblocked
Had a fantastic first Neuro Language Try-Out session with Gaëlle an hour ago to see if she could help me get a handle on how to address the difficulties I have been having on my journey to learning French. Wow!! - Just about sums it up. Within in a hour I now understand what has gone wrong by finally knowing what my preferred learning style, focus for learning for my life, motivation for learning French is amongst other things. I have a clear plan and feel totally unblocked and can't wait to start the journey - finally a journey that is now tailored to me, how my brain works, my needs and what I want to learn. Yeah!! Also, Gaëlle is a fountain of knowledge on linguistics just to add a cerise on top.
NEUROLANGUAGE COACHING
Karen Vestergaard McGeeney, 02/2022 (Google Business & local.ch)
★★★★★ Rigoureuse, professionnelle, bienveillante
J'ai travaillé plusieurs années avec Gaëlle et ce fut un grand plaisir ! Engagée, à l'écoute, bienveillante et juste, elle sait accompagner les autres sur leur chemin et les faire progresser. Elle-même cherche sans cesse à développer ses compétences et aime à les faire partager. Rigoureuse, professionnelle, bienveillante, positive et sympa, je la recommande vivement !!
WRITING • PROOFREADING
Marie-Pierre Van Mullem, 07/2021 (Google)
★★★★★ Sympathique, pragmatique, efficace et précise
Gaëlle a une très grande maîtrise de la langue française et une aisance rédactionnelle remarquable. Très à l’écoute et comprenant très rapidement les besoins et les souhaits de ses interlocuteurs, elle sait parfaitement traduire les pensées en mots. Au cours de mes années de collaboration avec Gaëlle, j’ai par ailleurs pu découvrir une personne très sympathique, pragmatique, efficace et précise, ayant toujours de bonnes idées et suggestions. Elle a beaucoup apporté à notre équipe. En résumé, je ne peux que la recommander !
WRITING • PROOFREADING
Christine Muller, 07/2021 (Google)
★★★★★ Du grand art
Si vous recherchez une relecture/correction pour des « mots » qu’il s’agisse d’écrits personnels, professionnels (rapports, mémoires, discours…) et littéraires, Gaëlle Miani est la personne que vous devez contacter. Rigoureuse, à l’écoute, cette relectrice passionnée relèvera les moindres erreurs et incohérences, vous guidera et même vous proposera un autre regard sur vos écrits. N’attendez plus !
PROOFREADING
nicolas.emilien1, 10/2019 (local.ch)
★★★★★ Notre impression :
Ma fille a beaucoup aimé la qualité d’enseignement qu’offre cette gentille enseignante qui sait rendre un cours d’anglais ludique, intéressant et stimulant ! Ce qui n’est pas toujours une chose aisée avec des enfants. Apprendre l’anglais tout en faisant des beaux bricolages, des dessins et des chouettes activités, toujours dirigées par thème nous a pleinement satisfait. Nous vous la recommandons chaleureusement.
GROUP LESSON
Valérie Romanens, 08/2019 (local.ch & Google Business)
★★★★★ Cours de langue très utiles et professionnels
J’ai utilisé Gaëlle pour des cours de langue et je l’ai trouvée excellente. Elle est flexible, créative et patiente et possède une connaissance approfondie de l’enseignement du français et de son lien avec votre langue maternelle. Elle adapte les cours à vos besoins spécifiques et vous assure de bien progresser. Je la recommanderais à toute personne cherchant à améliorer son français pour une raison quelconque.
LANGUAGE TUITION
rjmaunder, 08/2019 (local.ch)
★★★★★ A skilled and committed teacher and translator.
Gaëlle has taught me French and also provided translation work for me professionally. As a student, I approached her for extra help with specific difficulties I was having as part of my general course of learning and she helped me sort out my difficulties and progress quickly. She sets out grammatical points very simply and provides easy explanations that stay with you.
Gaëlle has also corrected written work for me and provided very useful feedback as part of this. Generally, she is always keen to advise on good things to read and has encouraged and helped me to explore French literature.
For the translation work, Gaëlle was easy and flexible to work with and has provided high quality translations that have been used by across my organisation.
LANGUAGE TUITION • TRANSLATION
stephenpat1, 07/2019 (local.ch)
★★★★★ À recommander !
Passionnée par son métier, elle sait manier les mots comme personne pour donner vie à tout texte. À recommander !
PROOFREADING • WRITING
Amaelle Kaegi, 07/2019 (local.ch & Google Business)
★★★★★ Strongly recommended
Gaëlle has taught our daughter French for more than a year now and we have been delighted with the methods used to make the learning interesting. The lessons are full of games, music and props and the results are excellent. Her fluent English and natural command over both languages makes it easy for the child who had struggled with earlier teachers who weren’t as fluent in English.
She has also been very helpful to us when we needed her help with translations and writing in French.
I strongly recommend Les Mots for all your linguistic needs.
LANGUAGE TUITION • WRITING • TRANSLATION
Ananth Srinivasan, 07/2019 (local.ch & Google Business)
★★★★★ Recommande
Très satisfaite et je recommande fortement.
WRITING
Tina Hölzel-Maida, 07/2019 (local.ch)
★★★★★ Highly recommended language lessons & translation service
We went to Les Mots to improve our written and spoken french language skills. Gaëlle is a highly professional teacher who gave a lot of thought and preparation before each lesson to tailer it to our specific needs. The lessons were extremely enjoyable and we both made massive improvements and gained a lot of confidence.
LANGUAGE TUITION • TRANSLATION
kateparkyn, 07/2019 (local.ch)
★★★★★ À recommander !
Personne sympathique, à l’écoute des besoins, passionnée par son activité. À recommander !
PROOFREADING • WRITING
Desaules Annycée, 07/2019 (Google Business)