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Private French Tutoring · Long Island
Nassau · Suffolk · North Shore
Private French lessons and classes on Long Island, serving Nassau, Suffolk, and the North Shore. Personalized and conversation-focused.
About our program
Elite French Tutoring provides private French lessons and classes on Long Island for families and professionals. Every lesson is led by a native French teacher, in a program shaped entirely around each student. No crowded classroom, no fixed timetable, no group to keep pace with.
Long Island is spread out, and a weekly drive to a language school is rarely worth it. We make it simple: lessons arranged around your schedule, from the North Shore to the South Fork, each one built around your goals and the conversations you actually want to have in French.
Where we teach
Most dedicated learners advance one full CEFR level every three to six months with regular private instruction.
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Great Neck, Manhasset, Port Washington, Roslyn, Sands Point, Old Westbury, and Syosset
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Huntington, Cold Spring Harbor, Smithtown, Stony Brook, and out toward the North Fork
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Garden City, Rockville Centre, Long Beach, and the surrounding communities
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Southampton, East Hampton, Sag Harbor, and Montauk through a dedicated program.
How it works
On Long Island, convenience is everything. Lessons are private, one to one, and arranged around your week, with a teacher prepared for exactly what you want to work on. There is no class to attend and no fixed timetable to work around.
Lessons arranged around your week, morning or evening
Every lesson private, never a group or shared class
In person or live online — whatever works best for you
Core method
Most students come to us wanting the same thing: to speak with confidence. Our conversational French lessons put speaking at the center from the very first session, guided and corrected by a native teacher until real conversation feels natural.
What we offer
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For students facing a deadline — a relocation, a posting abroad, or an exam — we arrange several sessions a week to compress months of progress into a far shorter span.
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Starting from nothing is one of the most rewarding ways to work. The opening stages of French are highly structured, and a private teacher moves you through them quickly, at your own pace, never lost in a group.
What we offer
Professionals, travelers, and lifelong learners, at every level from A1 to C2.
Explore French for AdultsAge-appropriate lessons that build genuine fluency alongside school French.
Explore French for ChildrenExpert preparation for French certification from a team that has guided hundreds of students through these examinations.
Explore DELF/DALF Preparation01
One-to-one instruction for professionals, travelers, and lifelong learners, A1 to C2.
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Age-appropriate programs from kindergarten through college, alongside school curricula.
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Private and team programs tracked against CEFR levels with progress reports.
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The same native teachers, live over Zoom, FaceTime, or Google Meet, anywhere.
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Expert preparation for French certification, from a team that has guided hundreds of students through these examinations.
We assess your level and match you with the right teacher. No charge, no obligation.
Your journey
Most dedicated learners advance one full CEFR level every three to six months with regular private instruction.
Greetings, introductions, travel survival
Independent travel, simple requests
Work basics, sustained conversation
Business meetings, presentations
Academic and senior professional use
Full equivalency, DALF certification
Programs run from 4 weeks to a full year, and every one begins with the free assessment.
Intensive programs
Several sessions per week
For deadline learners
Initial assessment
10–20 minutes · No obligation
ADULT
I share the positive views of other reviewers about André. He is an exceptional teacher and a truly excellent person. I used to work in the US Department of State and now work at the United Nations. I have a solid basis in French but needed to improve my ability to converse. I've been working with André for about a year now on a very regular basis and have seen marked improvement. This is what I wanted. It really helps that André is an engaging person with a great life experience. His is a native of France and speaks French of a high-level and pays great attention to proper pronunciation and enunciation. This is what you want, whether a beginner, intermediate or advanced. I give him the highest recommendation.
KIDS
Cyril works with my fourteen year old weekly. He is an excellent language teacher, and she really enjoys her lessons with him. Her knowledge of grammar and her ability to converse in French has really accelerated since she started working with him. He is very knowledgable about teaching and learning languages, as he is fluent in three very different languages. He is also very engaging, which is necessary when teaching teens or children. I most highly recommend him as a French teacher. His lessons are a very valuable investment in my child’s education. Bonus: He is also just a very nice genuine person.
ADULT
Raphaël has been teaching me French for about 3 years. He is first and foremost an intelligent, well-educated and open-minded person with whom discussing topics from theater, film, literature and history to science, current affairs and sports makes learning French fun and intellectually stimulating. Raphaël is also very patient, he is always on time and flexible with the schedule if needed. I highly recommend his excellent French tutoring.
KIDS
Pierre tutors my two sons weekly. Being a French native myself one may wonder why a tutor may be needed, but learning a language is more than speaking at home, it is also about spelling, grammar, vocabulary, which are usually learned in school. Pierre provides that level of structure to our sons, but does so in a one-on-one approach that creates much better results than the class-based after school programs we tried before. Pierre is patient, firm but kind, and tailors his approach to each child's level and learning style. He also responds well to topics that interest my sons so as to make learning more engaging.
Nassau and Suffolk both, including the North Shore (Great Neck, Manhasset, Port Washington, Syosset), Huntington and Smithtown, and the central and South Shore communities. For the Hamptons, see our dedicated Hamptons page.
Yes. Every lesson is led by a qualified, experienced native French speaker, chosen for teaching ability as much as fluency.
Yes. We provide private French classes for students from kindergarten through college, designed to build genuine fluency alongside school French.
Lessons are private and one to one, arranged around your schedule. Many students find live online lessons the most convenient, and we will talk through the option that works best for you when you call.
Yes. If you are relocating, posted abroad, or preparing for an exam, we arrange several sessions a week to move quickly toward your goal.
Once your free 10 to 20 minute assessment is complete, lessons can usually begin within days.
Every program begins with a brief call of 10 to 20 minutes to discuss your level, your goals, and the path between them. No fee, no obligation.
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