Bespoke French lessons
Premium French lessons in Paris or online
Top-tier native tutors
Quiet excellence
Learn French with Private Lessons in Paris
Native Teachers
Looking for private French lessons in Paris or online—with a tutor who truly adapts to you?
At Bespoke French Lessons, we offer one-to-one French classes for culture lovers, artists and curious minds. Each session is fully personalized, blending real conversation, cultural immersion, and expert guidance. Whether you're a beginner or aiming for fluency, your private tutor adapts to your goals, rhythm, and personality—so you can speak French with confidence, wherever you are.
How Our Tailored French Classes Work (in Paris or Online)
Our private French lessons — in Paris or online — are fully tailored to your goals. Whether you're preparing for an exam, relocating, or simply looking to speak with ease, everything starts from you: your rhythm, your ideas, your voice.
Each session flows through real conversation. Grammar and vocabulary come in context — never abstract, always useful.
Behind the scenes, your native tutor structures each lesson with care. Afterward, you get personalized notes and optional follow-up to help it all click.
More than just learning French, this is about finding your own way to speak it
Learn Real-Life French Fast – Beginners to Advanced
Our tailor-made French lessons offer real immersion, designed to help you speak French with ease, nuance, and confidence. Whether you're starting from scratch, preparing for the DELF/DALF, applying for naturalization, or aiming for high-level fluency, we guide you—gently, precisely, and in your own voice.
From the first session, our method is conversational: because confidence starts by speaking—not memorizing. Every lesson helps you build real-life French through meaningful dialogue, not abstract drills.
You’ll notice progress from the start—in vocabulary, fluidity, and comfort. All in a relaxed, one-on-one setting with a tutor matched to your profile.
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Tailored French Lessons – Built Around You
In addition to our core offering, we’re also meeting the needs of learners seeking business French training for meetings and presentations, intensive French immersion modules before relocating, and premium conversation workshops tailored for creative professionals.
If you’re focusing on academic writing in French, preparing for the DALF C1/C2 exam, or mastering email etiquette in professional French, we integrate that into our sessions.
Some learners prefer small-group coaching online, whether with a friend, colleague, or fellow expat, maintaining the same pace and goals in a duo or trio setting.
For those who want to combine travel and learning, we offer learning French in Paris cafés, bookshops, and museums, meeting in real-life settings for contextual vocabulary and authentic conversation.
We also support French for relocation, naturalization interview prep, and business negotiation French, as well as online French courses for adults, personalized French tutoring, and even French for hospitality or tourism professions.
Some of our advanced learners ask for French pronunciation refinement, subtle cultural nuance, or creative writing coaching in French—all elements we integrate into custom coaching sessions.
And yes, we deliver flexible scheduling, premium private tuition, or tiny group formats like “duet lessons” for those who enjoy learning with a partner.
French Beginner Classes
If you're just starting out, our private French lessons will help you get by quickly—with real, useful language from day one. Our approach is practical, supportive, and entirely focused on your needs, so you can start speaking with confidence, even after just a few sessions.
French Intermediate Classes & advanced level
Take your French further with rich, engaging lessons led by top-tier native tutors. Our intermediate and advanced French classes are designed to help you speak with more ease, nuance, and authenticity—through meaningful conversation and cultural depth. You’ll explore French as it’s really spoken, with tutors who specialize in art history, literature, cinema, music, or Parisian culture. Grammar is introduced simply and clearly, always in context, so you improve with confidence and pleasure—at your rhythm, in your voice.
Master French Pronunciation – From Sounds to Confidence
We begin with sound. Always.
The French R, the subtle tension between U and OU, the soft echoes of nasal vowels—each one is part of the music that makes French unique. That’s why we focus on pronunciation from the very first session. Not as a technical hurdle, but as a key to fluency and pleasure.
Rather than drilling or mimicking, we help you hear what native speakers hear. You’ll understand where the sound comes from in the mouth, how it connects to breath, and why rhythm matters. We guide you through the most common pronunciation challenges—like distinguishing U from OU, or mastering the French R—with clarity, calm, and surprising ease.
It’s not about perfection. It’s about confidence.
French becomes easier to speak when it sounds right in your ear and feels right in your mouth. From one session to the next, pronunciation stops being a barrier. It becomes a way in.
Advanced & Expert French Lessons — Find Your Own French
For advanced and expert learners who want to move beyond textbook French. Together, we refine your voice—through culture, conversation, and deep, intuitive learning. Designed for writers, researchers, artists, or anyone ready to speak a French that reflects who they truly are.
DELF, DALF & Exam Preparation
Prepare with confidence for the DELF, DALF, TCF, or French naturalization interviews. One-on-one lessons with our exam specialist—structured, targeted, and adapted to your level and goals — whether you’re applying for citizenship, preparing for a test in Paris, or studying online from abroad.. Success starts with the right guidance. Book your first exam prep session now — in Paris or online.
Immersive, Supportive French Lessons for Curious Minds
Whether you're a complete French beginner or returning to French after years of hesitation, our trusted tutors guide you step by step with warmth and clarity. Grammar is gently introduced in context—never overwhelming, always purposeful—so you build a solid foundation without fear or pressure. Ideal for expats, world travelers, and thoughtful learners who want to feel at ease in real conversation while discovering the joy of expressing themselves in French.
Who Our French Students Are – Expats, Creatives, Artists, Culture lovers
Advanced French Learners Seeking Nuance
I work most closely with advanced and expert French learners—those who already speak French but want to leave behind textbook rigidity. They seek a language that feels alive, expressive, and unmistakably their own. We work together to explore the unspoken codes, the rhythm of conversation, and the subtleties that make French feel natural and genuinely Parisian.
Unblocking the Language
With my small team of hand-picked, passionate tutors, we’ve developed a specialty: helping students move past what's holding them back. Whether you've lived in France for years or are just arriving, many come to us feeling stuck. Our approach is thoughtful, adaptive, and deeply human—helping you speak with ease, not effort.
A World of Learners, One Language
We work with creatives, filmmakers, artists, diplomats, curious travelers, expats, and lovers of French culture.
Some are beginners who want to get by fast and connect with locals.
Others join us from New York, Los Angeles, Austin, Melbourne, London, Rio, Toronto, Venice, Madrid, Zurich, Oaxaca ... for a weekly breath of Paris.
All seek the same thing: to understand and be understood, through French that’s rich in culture, context, and care.
Words from our dear students
Learn French in Paris Through Real-Life Cultural Immersion
Live it — not just learn it. Our immersive approach puts you in real French situations, from your first lesson. In a café, an art studio, or online, you speak immediately, guided by a private French tutor matched to your pace, your interests, and who you are.
Some of our native tutors are historians of Paris and guides
With Bespoke, French immersion means stepping into real life — speaking French in a café in Saint-Germain, reflecting in an art gallery in the Marais, or strolling through the quiet gardens of the Palais Royal. We teach where the language is lived. And if you're online, we bring Paris to you — through thoughtful cultural content, live conversation, and the kind of one-on-one connection that makes French feel natural.
Every French lesson we offer — in Paris or online — is crafted just for you, with your voice, goals, and pace at the center.
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A Guide to Our French Learning Options — Explore What Fits You
Learn French in All Its Forms — With Precision and Care
Academic & Professional French
From French for business meetings to academic French essay writing, our tutoring supports students aiming for excellence. We offer university-level French courses, French for scientists, and French for journalists, all designed to meet your intellectual and practical needs.
Tailored Learning Experiences
Whether you're interested in literature-focused French classes, legal French vocabulary, or French for real estate professionals, we create courses that reflect your environment and your ambitions. Our bespoke French language coaching is adaptable, subtle, and high-level.
Lifestyle & Relocation Essentials
For new arrivals, we offer French classes for newcomers in Paris, integration-focused French sessions, and visa or citizenship French prep. We help clients with banking French vocabulary, French for healthcare appointments, and navigating French administration.
Arts, Food, and Cultural Conversation
If your focus is lifestyle or aesthetics, we offer French for fashion, culinary French courses, and French for winemakers and sommeliers. Each class invites you to speak and understand the idioms and tones that shape the real Parisian voice.
Courses by Need and Life Stage
Need French for retired expats? Looking for French for au pairs, French for NGO workers, or custom French tutoring for digital nomads? We support your path with clarity and responsiveness.
Young Learners & Families
We offer French for teenagers preparing for the Baccalauréat, family French courses in Paris, and custom tutoring for bilingual children. Whether for school success or reconnecting with family heritage, we provide structure with joy.
Flexible Formats
Join us for evening French classes in Paris, weekend French courses, or even holiday immersion French programs. We adapt to your schedule, time zone, and pace—with the same care and expertise.
Unique and Demanding Goals
We also guide learners through French for legal proceedings, French for therapy sessions, or bespoke French for luxury hospitality. No path is too niche. We shape it with you.
Your Story, Spoken in French
Whether you're preparing for a professional leap, rediscovering your roots, or simply wanting to engage more fully in the French-speaking world, we’re here to help you speak clearly, freely—and in your own tone.
Bespoke French Lessons | Paris & Online
Private French tutoring for advanced learners, creatives, expats & curious mind
One-on-one class or tiny groups
Our courses are one-on-one or, at the student's request, a session with two students
(with a similar level). We do not have any small-group of more than 3 students where the levels are mixed and progress is rare. We exclusively offer adult classes with some exceptions for curious and passionate teenagers and children.
One dedicated and thoughtful Parisian teacher
The proficiency of our teachers is well established. We are a very small team, we work with few students to be able to focus on their needs, and we build a relationship of trust and often friendship with each of them. We like to feel like a kind of host family, respectful and present when needed. With Agathe, Brice, Agnès, Guillaume, Marie-Hélène, Chloé, and Caroline we help you to learn French and to live in French in France.
We are the opposite of a big mainstream school where your best friend is your textbook and your homework is like rote conjugation.
Customized and on-the-spot courses
The teacher also adapts to the student's wishes and needs on the fly. Practicing oral French does not prevent you from learning to send your greetings by email or by post. Learning to write literary French or a university lecture does not prevent you from being interested in the culture of the French (the French and food, the French and love, the romance language, the French at work, etc.).
Turn Your Story into Spoken French
Your French tutor is carefully selected to suit your personality and learning style.
For each new student, Violaine, the founder of Bespoke, does a placement test during the first small interview. You explain what you want, we see if your approach to learning works with what we can offer you, Violaine offers a course program in accord with a teacher dedicated, and off you go!
We are flexible. Intensive, semi-intensive, or once a week, in person or/and on Zoom, weekdays and weekends, in France or on the other side of the planet, everything is possible. As you like it!
Curious to keep learning?
Explore our most-requested programs: try our private French classes in Paris or from home with online French tutoring. Preparing for a test? Our DELF & DALF prep sessions are structured and personal. Want to deepen your skills? Our advanced French lessons help refine your voice and fluency — through real culture, real French, real you.
Frequently Asked Questions: French Courses in Paris & Online for Foreigners
Can foreigners or beginners take private French lessons with you in Paris or online?
Yes. Many of our students are complete beginners or non-native speakers living abroad. From your very first session, you’ll speak real French—guided by patient native tutors, in Paris or online. No pressure, no memorized dialogues—just natural, personalized progress.
How long does it take to reach conversational French with your private French courses?
With one to two lessons per week, most beginners reach a confident A2/B1 level in 4 to 6 months. We adjust to your pace and goals. For faster results, we also offer intensive and semi-intensive French courses in Paris or online.
Are your online French courses for foreigners as immersive as in-person lessons in Paris?
Yes—and in some cases, more consistent. Online French sessions include live conversation, cultural content from Paris, and personalized support. Many of our international students join weekly from New York, London, Zurich, Melbourne, or Toronto for a real "Paris hour" at home.
What makes your private French lessons for non-native speakers unique?
We don’t teach from a script. Every private lesson is built around you: your voice, your interests, your goals. Our tutors are native speakers from Paris, trained at the Sorbonne, and many are also artists, writers, or cultural guides. You won’t just learn French. You’ll learn to live in it.
Who teaches your private French courses in Paris and online?
Our instructors are native Parisians—educated, experienced, and culturally fluent. They’re more than tutors: they’re writers, academics, artists, and certified guides. You’ll be paired with someone who matches your personality and learning style.
Can I take French lessons during a short stay in Paris?
Absolutely. We design short-term French immersion courses tailored to travelers, professionals, and expats. Whether you’re in Paris for a week or a month, you’ll learn quickly—through real-life situations and curated cultural experiences.
Do your French lessons help foreigners prepare for exams like DELF or DALF?
Yes. We offer one-on-one preparation for DELF, DALF, TCF, and French naturalization interviews. Our exam specialist adapts your course to your level and goals—building fluency, confidence, and precision.
Is your teaching method based on real conversation?
Yes. Speaking is at the heart of everything we do. Grammar is taught only when it helps you say something useful. Each private lesson is guided by your ideas, your questions, and your life—in French.