FRENCH

 

How I can help you with your (serious) French studies:

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The following list has been compiled from over 15 years’ personal experience as Tutor in London:

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1. Common Entrance (UK private schools) and School entrance exams, at 11, 13 or 16. Proven success (all students were accepted by the private school of their choice)

2. GCSE and IGCSE (UK public exams). IB Middle Years Programme. American School Program (Middle School).

3. A level, International A level, Pre-U, International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP), American AP French Language and Culture exam.

4. Preparation for American SAT/ACT (French Multiple Choice)

5. Preparation for French DELF 2 exam

6. University Level Essay help and Dissertation correction and research:

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Surrealism and its female protagonists. Neither an object nor a muse

 

Decadence and aestheticism in Huysman’s A Rebours 

 

French cinema between 1930 and 1960 and the influence of the Vaudeville

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Duras : Moderato Cantabile, La Pluie d'été, L'amant

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The Algerian revolution: Assia Djebar

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La Haine, Au Revoir les Enfants, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (A level programs)

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Paroles de Femmes: feminist writing in France

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Help with translations and oral exams

 

 

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French Linguistics

 

 

Morphology and Clitic pronouns

 

Third language acquisition and bilingualism

 

The passive in Romance languages

 

Complementisers and adjuncts in English

 

Child language acquisition and the critical period hypothesis

 

Code-switching and discourse analysis

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The structure of infinitival IP

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Minimalist Syntax (as per Radford and Haegeman)

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Own thesis can be found via UCL library:

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Title: 

Functional categories and SPEC-head agreement

Author: Emilce Sandra. Rees

Creation Date:  1994 

Format: 208 leaves. 

Language: English

Notes: ■ Thesis: (MPhil) University College London 1994 

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Phonetics

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Optimality Theory

 

Phonological theory (all study levels)

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IPA : place and manner of articulation

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IPA: phonetic script and pronunciation

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Suprasegmentals

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VOT and measurements

 

 

Translation

 

All levels, as part of the syllabus (eg A level exam) or as part of your University course.

 

 

 

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