A matched tutor rehearses the oral, trains the ear for quick recordings and fixes tense slips in writing, all live at hours that suit your family. Trial lessons cost AED 20 to 60.
Reviewed by Abhishek Goyal, Teaches French for Cambridge 0520 and Edexcel 4FR1; DELF C1 holder with 10 years' experience
Reviewed line by line against the Cambridge 0520 syllabus (2025 to 2030) and Pearson's 4FR1 specification.
Private, live lessons mean your child speaks French for much of the hour rather than waiting for a turn. Here is how we use the weeks before the exam.
IGCSE French teaches French as a foreign language to 14 to 16 year olds in GCC schools and beyond. Cambridge runs 0520, graded A* to G, plus 7156, graded 9 to 1. Pearson Edexcel's 4FR1 is graded 9 to 1 too.
According to the French grade table Cambridge issued for June 2025, 25.7% of candidates earned the A* grade and 84.8% achieved a C or better. In 0520, the four skills are weighted equally at 25% each, so one weak skill is costly.
Three habits often cost students marks: freezing at an unexpected question in the oral, missing details in fast audio, and mixing up tenses in the 130 to 140 word piece. One-to-one lessons give steady practice on whichever skill is the weakest.
Papers in Cambridge 0520, one per skill, with equal 25% weightings.
Was the share of Cambridge IGCSE French candidates earning A* in June 2025.
Marks on the Edexcel 4FR1 reading and writing paper, half of the qualification.
Your child and the tutor share a live whiteboard for verb tables, gender rules and sentence building. Our academic team watches back the recordings and gives each lesson a score across 20+ measures.
Expect a brief tutor update every week on what was covered and what is planned next. A monthly progress report goes deeper, and we tell you straight away about any missed class or homework.
Your child's school decides the board. Cambridge 0520 sets four separate papers, one per skill, while Edexcel 4FR1 joins reading and writing into one long paper.
Your tutor plays past recordings, teaches your child to scan the questions before the audio starts, and builds up to the real pace.
Signs, emails and longer articles test detail. Lessons build the habit of scanning for key words and answering short questions in French.
A role play, then a conversation on each of two topics. Your tutor runs full mock tests, including the 10 minutes of preparation, and coaches longer answers with opinions.
Three questions: fill in a form, write about 80 to 90 words, then pick either an email or an article of roughly 130 to 140 words. Every draft comes back marked for tenses and range.
Listening lasts 30 minutes and Reading and Writing 1 hour 45 minutes. Speaking covers a picture your child chooses plus two random topics. Your tutor prepares all three.
Exam conversations include questions your child has not rehearsed. Your tutor asks surprise follow-ups every lesson, so answering with reasons and tenses becomes natural.
It was mostly on how comfortable the teachers made me feel…they didn’t mind if I made mistakes and they mostly told me that’s it’s fine if I did
the teachers are very nice and always helpful and make me feel comfortable in asking questions which is always a good feeling to have
My experience… was great, i went from a D to an A! i highly recommend
Let us know the exam board, the year your child sits French and which part feels shakiest: oral, audio or writing.
We match a French tutor for your child's exact course who can meet in your time zone.
It costs AED 20 to 60. Your child meets the tutor, who gets a first look at their spoken and written French, and then you decide.
Weekly lessons tackle the shakiest skill first, and a free re-match to a different tutor stays open to you throughout.
Cambridge 0520 groups vocabulary into five topic areas, and Edexcel 4FR1 uses five themes of its own. Your tutor follows your child's board and starts where marks are slipping.
Families often try a language app or a group class before a tutor. The rows below weigh up speaking practice, exam feedback and tense correction, the areas where many exam marks are won or lost.
| Feature | IGCSE Tutors Live, one to one | Language app Self-paced on a phone | Group class Several students online |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mock speaking tests with feedback | Limited time for each student | ||
| Practice with past exam papers | Rarely | Often | |
| Tense errors corrected in writing | Every draft | Basic checks only | Sometimes |
| Plan built on one student's weakest skill | Partly adaptive | Usually set for the group | |
| Lessons recorded to replay | Varies |
Out of every 100 applicants, fewer than 2 are taken on. Each French tutor has been through two checks first, a mock lesson and an interview on the subject.
Abhishek Goyal has worked with French for over a decade, and not only in classrooms. He has interpreted in legal settings, translated medical documents and designed syllabi for international schools,…
Nuha Hyath builds her lessons around structure. Difficult material is broken into ordered steps, each one checked before the next begins, which suits learners who lost the thread somewhere earlier…
Quick answers on the speaking test, exam boards, French at home and lesson costs.
The test takes about 10 minutes, after 10 minutes of preparation. Following an unmarked warm-up, your child answers five role play questions, then holds two topic conversations. Their own teacher conducts it, and Cambridge checks a sample of the marks.
Not for exams in 2025 to 2027, when notes are not allowed during preparation. From 2028, Cambridge lets candidates write notes in the supervised preparation time. Your tutor trains your child for the rules of their exam year.
It runs for 8 to 10 minutes. A picture your child picked in advance starts the discussion, and two more topics follow, chosen at random. Pearson examiners mark the recording, not the school.
Cambridge offers First Language French, 0501, for learners whose first language is French. Ask the school which course suits your child. Fluent speakers on 0520 still benefit from work on accuracy, written tenses and exam technique.
Regular practice with past recordings helps most. Your tutor shows how to read the questions first, predict likely words, and listen closely for numbers, times and opinions.
The hourly fee begins at AED 50, depending on who teaches. Before that, one trial session is billed at AED 20 to 60. There is no contract: pay as you go or choose a package, and stop at any time.
Many French students also take a second foreign language or English. Choosing a chip takes you to that subject's tutors.
Send your details through the form, and within 24 hours your child has a French tutor lined up. The trial is AED 20 to 60, with no tie-in after it.
