Focused 12-Session Courses

Open-ended lessons are wonderful — until you have a deadline. An exam in June. A move to Lyon in the autumn. An interview, a wedding speech, a first week at a French-speaking job. A focused course takes that finish line and works backwards from it: twelve sessions, one syllabus, one goal, and a clear answer at the end to the only question that matters — can you do the thing now?

The structure

Before session one, you and Xavier define the goal precisely — not “get better at French” but “pass DELF B1”, “handle the site visit in French”, “survive dinner with my in-laws”. The twelve sessions are then mapped in advance: each has a stated objective, builds on the last, and ends with you doing something you couldn’t do the week before. You always know where you are in the arc, and progress is measured against the goal, not against a vague feeling of improvement.

Focused course or standard lessons?

Simple test: if you’d struggle to finish the sentence “by the end, I need to be able to…”, take standard lessons or a package — the flexibility is the point. If you can finish that sentence without thinking, a focused course will get you there faster, because every one of the twelve sessions is spent on the shortest path. Many learners alternate: a course for the deadline, open lessons for the long run.

The practical details

Twelve one-to-one online sessions with a syllabus agreed up front; pricing depends on the goal and intensity, so each course is quoted individually. Browse the ready-made goals on the courses page, or bring your own — the syllabus bends to the deadline, not the other way round. Unsure of your starting level? The free trial settles that in twenty minutes.