Xavier Leroy
Real French, taught by a real person
I’m a 32-year-old native French speaker from Nantes, now living in Thailand and teaching French both at Burapha University and online. I’ve worked with 500+ students over 5+ years — and about a third of them started from absolute zero.
I keep lessons calm, friendly and focused on you actually talking. No dry textbook marches: we use real materials and the topics you care about, and I’ll happily explain in English whenever you need it.
French teacher presentation
Calm, structured lessons for work, conversation, travel, and long-term fluency.
If you're learning French for work — for a job, for clients, for a move, or for meetings you have to sit through every week — you're probably in the right place.
Before I became a full-time teacher, I spent three years in supply chain operations at AIRBUS, ORANO, and SUEZ. When we work on the French you actually need at work, I'm not pulling phrases from a textbook. I'm pulling them from rooms I sat in.
If you're learning French for travel, conversation, exam prep, or anything else, I teach that too — and there's a path for you here. But the work I do best is professional French for working adults.
My teaching style
Calm & conversational
We talk like people, not like a grammar drill. Pressure off, progress on.
Patient with beginners
Starting from zero is completely fine — many of my students do.
Real materials
Articles, videos and your own documents instead of generic textbook dialogues.
Gentle correction
A quick rephrase or a note in the chat, so you improve without losing your flow.
Speak from day one
You use French in every lesson, right from the first.
Support between lessons
Notes, homework and a short recap keep you moving forward.
Beyond the lessons
Languages I speak
- Frenchnative
- Englishfluent
- Thaiintermediate
- Spanishintermediate
Off the clock
My journey
How I got here.
2015
First role in French industry
Started as a Supply Chain Technician intern at AIRBUS (ISS Logistique et Production), working on aircraft waterproofing process re-engineering.
2015-2016
Work-study at ORANO MELOX
Supply Chain Assistant Manager apprenticeship at ORANO's MELOX plant — nuclear logistics. Worked on lean initiatives in warehouse operations while completing my Bachelor in Quality and Logistics at Aix-Marseille and Nantes Universities.
2016-2018
Master's at CNAM, while working at SUEZ
Two years as a Supply Chain Engineer apprentice at SUEZ RV Avignon while completing my Master's in Logistics Engineering at Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM). Helped roll out a transportation management system across waste collection operations.
2018
Master's in Logistics Engineering
Graduated from CNAM with a Master of Logistic Management.
2018-2020
Moved to Thailand
After three years in French industry, took a job designing tour itineraries in Khao Lak, Thailand, with Celtours. Learned to design and run experiences for international visitors — useful preparation for teaching, as it turned out.
2020
First teaching role
During COVID, I started teaching science to primary students at Anuban School in Lopburi, Thailand. Around the same time, I took on my first online French students through italki and BK French.
2021
Burapha University
Joined Burapha University as a foreign lecturer in International Business Administration, then transitioned full-time to teaching French at Satit Piboonbumpen Demonstration School. Moved to Bang Saen, a quiet seaside town between Bangkok and Pattaya.
2026
Here we are
Five years teaching French. 500+ students through structured university programs and private online lessons. Building this site to make professional French — the kind I used to use at work — accessible to working adults around the world. Still in kaizen mode: small steady improvements every day.
Try your first lesson for $0
Thirty minutes. No payment, no commitment. We talk a bit in French and English, you tell me what you want to work on, and I give you an honest view of where you are and how I'd help.
If we're a good fit, we plan the next lesson. If not, you leave with a clear sense of your level and what to focus on. That's worth thirty minutes either way.
Education & certifications
Master's — Logistics Engineering
CNAM (Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers)Bachelor's — Quality & Logistics
Aix-Marseille & Nantes UniversitiesTEFL Certification
Teaching English as a Foreign LanguageCPIM — Part 1
APICS supply-chain certificationSectors & expertise
The industries and disciplines behind my technical and professional French.
Why this matters for your French
Most tutors have never sat in a French corporate meeting. I have — so I can teach the emails, the meeting culture and the exact vocabulary your job runs on, not just the grammar.
Burapha University
I teach French at Burapha University in Chon Buri, Thailand — one of the country's largest public universities. Working with university students keeps my teaching structured, patient and level-aware, whether someone is starting from zero or already speaks with confidence.
- Classroom and curriculum experience, not just casual tutoring
- Used to guiding complete beginners step by step
- Native fluency delivered with a clear, calm method
Find me on these platforms
I teach independently and through the leading marketplaces — the same teacher and the same method, wherever you prefer to book.
italki
One of the world’s largest language marketplaces and my highest-volume platform, with hundreds of lessons and top student ratings.
Visit profile →Preply
A leading online tutoring platform. Private, structured French lessons for international learners at every level.
Visit profile →Fiverr
The global freelance marketplace. French lessons and quick language services with consistently strong reviews.
Visit profile →BK French
A dedicated French-training service (BK Training Online) where I deliver structured, goal-focused lessons.
The deal between us
Lessons here work as a partnership. I bring the teaching, you bring the engagement. Specifically:
If you bring:
- Clear goals — even rough ones, we'll refine them in the trial lesson
- A few minutes of practice between lessons (5–15 minutes goes a long way)
- Honesty about what's confusing, frustrating, or unclear
- You're okay with making mistakes; we work past them together
I'll bring:
- Lessons built around your actual situation — your job, your goals, your level
- Real materials when possible (your emails, real articles, documents from your field) rather than generic textbook exercises
- Honest feedback on what's working, what isn't, and what to do next
- Sessions saved to your dashboard so you can review anytime
Not a guarantee — just the deal that makes lessons actually work.
My commitment as your teacher
Four things that make lessons here different.
1
Tailored Lessons
No generic textbooks. Each lesson is crafted around your goals — conversation, grammar, business French, or exam prep.
2
Native Fluency
Learn pronunciation, slang, and cultural nuances that only a native speaker can teach.
3
Interactive Classroom
Lessons happen in an online meeting room with interactive tools, shared screens, and session notes.
4
Support Between Lessons
Homework, audio exercises, and direct access to your teacher between sessions.
Experience you can hear
Before teaching I spent three years in French industry (Airbus, Orano, Suez) — which is why professional and technical French is a real specialty.
Let’s meet — your first lesson is free
Book a relaxed 30-minute lesson and see if we’re a good fit. No card, no commitment.
Why a native teacher — and what “certified” actually adds
A native speaker gives you the French that textbooks round off: the rhythm, the register switches, the way french people actually phrase things. A certified french teacher adds the part nativeness can’t supply — knowing why learners make each mistake and how to fix it in the right order. That combination is the whole pitch of working with a certified, TEFL-trained native french tutor online rather than a conversation partner app: every lesson is both authentic input and engineered progress. Teaching french online since 2020 has one more advantage nobody advertises: an online french teacher who works with french learners across timezones sees every possible learning style, plateau and breakthrough — pattern recognition your progress benefits from directly. Whether you need conversational french, intensive french before a move, business french for the office, or a steady path from beginner to confident speaking french — the lessons online adapt because there’s no fixed programme to defend: one teacher, your french learning, built around your life (and your first lesson online is free, so the fit proves itself before you commit).
FAQ — learning with a native teacher
Is a native French teacher better than a non-native one?
For pronunciation, register and cultural instinct — yes. The honest full answer: certified beats uncertified more than native beats non-native, which is why the combination is the standard worth insisting on.
What does a certified French tutor certification mean?
Formal training in how languages are learned — lesson design, error correction, level frameworks (CEFR) — verified by credential (TEFL and equivalents). It’s the difference between talking WITH you and teaching you.
Can I improve my French with one lesson a week?
Yes, if the week between is fed: the free lessons, charts and games on this site exist to keep you in French daily, so the weekly hour compounds instead of restarting. That system — teacher plus library — is the method here.