Le français ! WTMA, TPS, Aim Academy, other?

[jplain]

Bonjour TLM !

I’m looking for French 3 or 4 for a 10th grader.  (Exact placement TBD.)  She’s hoping to find a provider she can stick with for at least 2 years.  Live class meetings are a requirement, and she prefers 2x/week unless the class is quite small (like Ray Leven’s Spanish classes).

Right now I’m looking at WTMA French 4 (Françoise Agena), TPS French 3 (Madame S), and Aim Academy French 3 or 4 (Sally Barstow).  If there wasn’t a schedule conflict, we’d be considering WTMA French 3 as well.

I’ve read lots of positive things about Mme Barstow and Mme S.  My only concern with TPS is that we are a non-religious family.  Does anyone have feedback on Mme Agena?  I believe she is new to WTMA this year.  Is there anyone else I should consider?  Feel free to private message me if you feel odd giving “public” feedback on instructors.  

Merci !

[fourisenough]

Sally Barstow is amazing! My niece has done 4-5 years with her and is piloting her AP French class content with her in a private tutoring format now. DN/sister love her. This DN is bilingual Spanish/English and is in private school, but has continued with her French learning ‘for fun’ largely because of Madame Barstow. 

Edited February 5, 2021 by fourisenough