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About the Tutor

Until recently a teacher of Modern languages in secondary education with 20 years experience of teaching French - at GCSE, A level and International Baccalaureate, both in the state sector and as Head of French at Felsted School, UK.


À propos du tuteur

J'étais jusqu'à récemment professeur de langues vivantes dans l’éducation secondaire et j'ai 20 ans d'expérience dans l'enseignement du français - au GCSE, au niveau Avancé et au baccalauréat international, ceci en tant que ‘Chef de département' responsable du français à l'école Felsted, au Royaume-Uni.

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จนกระทั่งเมื่อไม่นานนี้ ครูสอนภาษาสมัยใหม่ในระดับมัธยมศึกษาที่มีประสบการณ์ในการสอนภาษาฝรั่งเศส 20 ปี - ที่ GCSE, A level และ International Baccalaureate ทั้งในภาครัฐและในฐานะหัวหน้าภาษาฝรั่งเศสที่ Felsted School สหราชอาณาจักร



Janine Mallett, MA, BA(Hons), PGCE, QTS, TEFL

  • Bachelor of Arts - French and Thai - University College London and The School of Oriental and African Studies - First Class Honours

  • Post Graduate Certificate in Secondary Education - University of Greenwich

  • Master of Arts - Language Teaching - Birkbeck College, University of London - Distinction

  • Teaching English as a Foreign Language Certificate - the TEFL Academy - Merit

linguistic biography!

I was born into a dual nationality family, English father and Dutch mother, and was used to hearing different languages from a young age. I could understand a lot of Dutch but was not able to speak more than a few random words and phrases. My formal language learning began secondary school with French and then Spanish. I spent a lot of time working in France and travelling, then eventually started a combined honours degree course at London University, in Thai combined with French, followed by a Postgraduate Certificate in Education and a Masters in Language Teaching. I wanted to learn some Italian and spent 2 years going to adult education evening classes. Most recently I have taken a TEFL course and qualified to teach English to speakers of other languages.

Some say that you have to have a special talent to learn languages. I disagree. The most important factor in learning to speak another language is your motivation. Anybody can learn any language - but you need to want to do so!