Louis Mihingano

I have been teaching French for over two decades. This journey includes French as a foreign/second language and French for specific purposes. I have taught at all levels to adults, teenagers and children learners from diverse sociolinguistic backgrounds and within various learning environment including universities, colleges, schools, companies, offline and virtual settings, private and groups.

The essence of my methodology is fundamentally based on learner-centered, communicative and action-oriented approaches, all aimed at an effective language practice.
* Students will expect a fun, engaging, enjoyable and supportive learning environment in which they feel to be really at the center of the learning, as far as lessons are adapted to their interests, needs and specific goals.
* My classes are as much interactive and participative as possible: students will be immersed in intense communicatives activities with a lot of practice.
*Materials I use are basically digital text, grammar and activities books, then videos and audios, dictionaries, whiteboard, different types of 'authentic documents' according to the needs and levels of students, podcasts, songs,...
*The types of exercices in a particular class session will be depending on various factors: the specific skills or competency and topics concerned, the level of students, if individual or group class, etc., and in all cases, they are aligned with the objectives and content. So they will vary accordingly, and can be interactive exercises, conversations, debates, investigation, role-playing, problem solving, games, reading and summarizing, collaborative project, writing, listening, filling out materials, etc...
*Evaluations suggestions already provided in the documents I use imply the three main dimensions diagnostic, summative and formative, and include written or oral questions, tasks or problem situations in which learners must mobilize their knowledge, skills and attitudes to find solutions, etc.