For the past 15+ years, French With Elodie has been providing French lessons to business professionals and tutoring to young adults online and in the DC area. We provide custom private and small group lessons focused on helping clients better communicate in French - from beginner to advanced levels.  We also offer curated tours to France twice a year to give clients and Francophiles an opportunity to to discover a region of France while practicing their French with the locals. 

Our Philosophy

Simple Pricing
Lessons with our boutique school are either private or in very small groups of 4. We care for quality vs quantity and we custom our lessons to create the perfect learning environments for our clients. By choosing to work with us, you can rest assured that you will receive the attention you deserve in order to set you up for success in your learning journey. 
 
We believe that a classical class environment is obsolete. Our approach is very communicative and based on learning conversation skills right away. During your lesson, you will get to practice the language right from the start, even at beginner level. Our focus is to help you communicate in French.  Most students who come to us have a fear of speaking, so our main goal is to ensure that attention is focused on each student to help them improve their conversational skills while also learning the grammar. 
 
At the end of each class, we send the notes of the class to all students who can review what has been done during class. For beginners, we use a methodology for learning grammar that is very pragmatic and provides the essentials of grammar to help you communicate. Then, we just really practice speaking, role playing, to get you comfortable with expressing yourself in the foreign language. If you decide to take a trip with us you get to practice your French during your trip as well!


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Our pricing is based on a monthly membership. We offer monthly 4-lessons membership options for private and group lessons. Group lessons have a minimum of 2 students and maximum of 4 students. 
 
2023 Tuition Fees 
Group Lessons Monthly Membership: $240 for 4 lessons* 
Private Lessons Monthly Membership: $340 for 4 lessons*
*Each lesson lasts 55 minutes.  
Each additional group lesson is $60. 
Each additional private lesson is $85. 

Group lessons are more conversation focused so for beginner students we recommend private lessons for a few months before they can join a group session. Please contact us to discuss our methodology and approach for maximum effectiveness. 
 
À la carte pricing for private lessons: 
If you are unable to commit to 4 lessons a month, the à la carte pricing is $95 per lesson. We do offer semi-private environment lessons as well – please contact us for pricing. À la carte group lessons are not available at this time.