Testimonials
The testimonials below are from paying clients of Fast French. They are copied from the genuine Google review posted by each person. These reviewers received no financial incentives for their reviews.
“Excellent tutor for beginners; well structured lessons delivered with professionalism and good humour. He has a thorough knowledge of the French language and how it’s mechanics can be best understood by the English speaker.”
Nicholas Lord
I’ve been trying to improve my simple French for years without much luck but with his method I found quick improvement for the first time. The Skype sessions were fun and convenient and contained varied activities. I thoroughly recommend Fast French as a knowledgeable and engaged teacher.”
Bob Pavlich
“Although I have never lived in France I have been trying to learn how to speak the language for 30 yrs, I have tried various private lessons, pod casts, reading etc etc. I have only got so far. That was until my daughter who is also trying to speak French introduced me to him. I was immediately impressed by him as he spotted my deficiencies immediately and started on a program to correct them. I compare notes with my daughter who is at a different level and find that his teaching is indeed flexible and focused on the individual and not a formula. Both of us improve weekly. On my part the accent is a problem which was never picked up before, the teacher seemed happy that I could speak a sentence no matter how bizarre it sounded. Now its different and a great deal of effort is made to make me sound more French.
The lessons are for one hour via the internet and are compact, rewarding and full of learning points. If there is one french lesson that you want to chose, this is the one.”
Charlie Greenfield
“I have been working with him for six months and have found him to be a wonderful French teacher. He is patient, well-organised in his resources and is focussed on the details that will move his students to the next level. He has listened to my goal and has selected activities designed to get me there. He is flexible in the timings of lessons.
Thank you for helping me learn my second language!
Kimberley.”
Kimberley Voss
“I have been studying French with him for one year and have learnt so much in such a short time. Learbing one-on-one with him has really helped me get a handle on some of the trickier concepts in learning a second language as an adult. He is very patient and helpful, and always willing to answer any of my questions, even when I’ve asked them multiple times before. Learning over Zoom is great and extremely flexible, I’ve been able to fit my French lessons into my life with ease. His approach to teaching French builds in the essential aspects of language alongside conversation skills in a relaxed and friendly environment. i could not recommend Fast French enough!
Georgia Cavin
“Merci ! Tes cours de français sont superbes. I have been doing french lessons with him for just over a year now, he is very patient, flexible with his time and a great teacher!“
Chloe Greenfield
He is an excellent teacher for beginners like myself. Engaging and well structured lessons makes it a very enjoyable learning experience
MItch Craig
I’ve been having weekly French lessons with him, and I couldn’t recommend him more. He’s very patient, personable, and engaging, and the content of the lessons are perfectly structured and varied. My French has already improved a lot, and I encourage anyone else who wants to do the same to look no further.
Jessica Paul
I really enjoy my French lessons with him! He’s very personable and a great teacher. I’m an intermediate student who has dabbled in French on and off before, but since doing regular lessons with Joseph this year I’ve really progressed.
Daniel Wong
He was fantastic at helping me improve my pronunciation prior to my trip to France. Definitely recommend.
Rach Axton
He is just the best French teacher – patient, encouraging and especially helpful with perfect pronunciation. Lessons are interesting and fun, and inspire you to move to France and chat like a local right away. Definitely recommend Fast French to anyone thinking of learning this beautiful language (and/or hoping to eliminate any trace of the Australian accent!).
Shauna Hurley
He is a brilliant French teacher and a great guy to meet with, each lesson. Although he can keep up with advanced learners that practice lots, he’s still got the patience to deal with me slowly learning at my own pace. I’ve tried other French teachers in the past, both in Australia and France – there’s no comparison to Joe. I began learning French with him in face-to-face classes at his place in Melbourne, now I’m living in France, we’ve picked up the lessons again via Skype and it’s actually even better, as we can chat via the text messenger to show the phonetics while I speak out loud and butcher the beautiful language – we also end up with a digital/soft copy of the notes and conversation each week. I couldn’t recommend him higher, so if you’re considering learning French, don’t hesitate and even start by a single lesson with him as a trial – you can’t go wrong!
Guy Roberts
I can highly recommend him as a teacher, my French has improved so much more with him than it had through previous courses. He is very thorough, full of knowledge and is very patient. The lessons were highly enjoyable and I am much more confident in my ability to speak and understand French than I was previously.
Alexandra Talbot
Joseph is fantastic, we have had such a positive experience. Lessons are well paced, straight to the point and very engaging, we are learning a lot. Very glad we found Joseph and would recommend Fast French to anyone!
Chris
I have been doing French classes with Joseph for the last year. He is the best teacher – so kind and patient.
When I can’t remember certain words he has great ways to prompt me, and I always feel comfortable having a crack even if I might get it wrong!
I have learnt SO much and love my weekly classes.
Would highly highly recommend to anyone wanting to learn French!
Natasha Leahy
My husband and I had done Year 12 French many years ago and wanted to brush up some conversation for a trip to France. Joseph’s lessons were terrific. His adult learning methods suited us perfectly and we had fun and laughs and learned a lot! It was great to sort out some of those things we never got sorted at school. And he was very focussed on relevant things and improving our accents. He had lots of helpful suggestions and provided all notes after every lesson but never asked us if we had done any homework ie no pressure! He was also very flexible and we did face to face and on line. We definitely could understand far more during our trip and could make ourselve understood. We loved our lessons and highly recommend Joseph.
Sandra Neate
What a wonderful teacher of conversational French! I couldn’t recommend him more highly. My wife and I prepared for our trip to France by finding Joseph to help us brush up our very rusty school French. And what a pleasure it was…. Joseph is an excellent teacher for adults. Always cheerful and full of encouragement, despite our frequent stumbles, he pitches the lessons right at the appropriate level. We managed to bumble our way through our French trip, but I can’t imagine how difficult it would have been without his invaluable tuition. Thanks Joseph!
George Jelinek
Joseph has been teaching our 13 year old daughter French twice a week in an engaging, meticulous and patient manner. Her results are astounding and she is enjoying learning French like never before!
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Joseph been a very patience teacher cause it take times for me to learn French is not an easy language, but he definitely the best I would recommend to my friends and is close to city easy to get to & easy find car parks, we always have a laugh when I say it wrong but been a good experiences with him and still going to see him every Friday for my classes 🙂
Jun Yi
Joseph from Fast French has been tutoring my son in French (at a secondary school level) for the past two years. I have been very pleased with Joseph’s knowledge of the structure and pronunciation of the French language and his tutoring has helped my son to achieve excellent marks in his French course at school. Joseph has also been prepared to tutor my son at odd times to fit in with my son’s school schedule and extra-curricular activities, which we have found valuable. If you need an excellent French tutor then I have no hesitation in recommending Joseph at Fast French.
Christian Bickham