I have been working with Emmanuel for almost 2 years now, and I highly recommend him to anyone looking to learn French. I knew choosing to pick up a language in my 30s was going to be challenging (and I'm not going to sugar coat it, French is tough), but I am amazed at how far I've come since beginning lessons with Emmanuel. He brings variety to lessons (that have translated seamlessly to virtual this year) that helps make learning relevant and fun. I really appreciate that Emmanuel teaches you the 'correct' way to speak, read & write, but he also tells you how French is actually used and what rules you can bend and break. He creates the ability for you to decide who you want to be when you speak French through teaching you multiple levels of formality and street French. Not only do I feel far more equipped for my next trip to Paris, but I've really enjoyed some of the unexpected benefits such as actually understanding what's going on when a movie or tv character suddenly goes into speaking French with zero or not quite accurate subtitles. My reading and writing skills have come in handy on a few occasions too! On top of all that Emmanuel creates a safe space for learning. He is incredibly patient, caring, and knows when to push you and when to help you out. Emmanuel is always thinking about how he can improve his programs and create materials to supplement learning (you should definitely follow him on Instagram or TikTok). If you love French culture, are willing to take risks and put in the work, Emmanuel will be there to help you 'level up your Frenchness' so you can speak like a native French speaker (or close to it). read more

Excellent Language School! My daughter started taking French lessons at Encore and she has been improving her language knowledge rapidly. Her teacher Samba is outstanding! The curriculum is very well structured and student-oriented. Lessons are tailored to help the students to achieve French fluency in an easy, and engaging way. I highly recommend Encore French Lessons school. read more

I'm a native French speaker and have been working with Emmanuel to maintain my French while being so far from home. Given his background, he has been a tremendous help for me in a technical manner. Beginners can count on Emmanuel to teach them strong fundamentals while providing insights into the nuances of the language. In addition, Emmanuel is a very thoughtful person which makes him great to work with. He knows how to teach anyone of any age and how to make them feel comfortable. Fear not! The workspace is in West LA and very accessible for anyone on the west side. It is also well designed and spacious. Emmanel clearly strives to provide a high quality experience to his students. Given his mastery of the language, kindness, and work ethic, I would recommend Emmanuel and Encore French Lessons to anyone seeking to learn about France and its language. read more

My daughter switched from a French immersion program to English-only because of enrollment space issues during COVID, and we didn't want all of the results of her hard work to disappear. Emmanuel went above and beyond to create personalized, engaging lessons for our mature and focused young learner. He is a whip-smart native speaker who will quickly improve your French and provide ongoing assessment. Our daughter will likely put me to shame with her beautiful accent the next time we are in Paris or Marrakech. read more

Emmanuel is an excellent French instructor. My two friends and I have been working with Emmanuel for weekly French lessons for the last 3 months. All three of us were starting from nothing, having never studied French before. Emmanuel has been extremely professional and committed to our progress. We were intimidated to learn a new language, but he has made it motivating, rewarding, and fun. He has built a great classroom space at his home for lessons. He has emphasized proper pronunciation since our first lesson, which is such an important foundation for becoming conversational. He goes above and beyond by providing a textbook and helpful handouts, and creating an online learning plan. He plans lessons that are tailored to our needs and interests, like adjusting a lesson to include a "joyeux anniversaire" theme on my friend's birthday and teaching us slang on request. He also maintains an awesome Instagram account that provides fun bite-sized French lessons multiple times a week. Best of all, Emmanuel is a great person. We laugh a lot in our lessons which is comforting when you're humbling yourself to learn a language, and keeps us coming back. read more

After my trip to France, I've decided to learn French. I have been taking weekly lessons here for close to 6 months now and I simply love it! My professor, Emmanuel was nothing but polite, patient and encouraging. I have absolutely no knowledge of French before and it did take a few weeks to start getting a feel to it. I see the rewards shortly after and now I am able to read and understand many French phrases out there that I see. Thanks to my professor and I am so glad to be doing this! We recently switched to online classes instead of onsite, which are awesome for the Coronavirus period due to nationwide quarantine. read more

I took French lessons from Emmanuel in order to prepare for a trip to Paris. While it's true that many (if not most) people in Paris are able to speak English very well, I felt that I would be more comfortable at least attempting to begin conversations in French in order to be more polite. Emmanuel's lessons were perfect for that. He helped me by providing personalized instructions on the topics that I needed to focus on the most. He was always patient, flexible on meeting times/places, and friendly to work with (and very understanding of my poor French language skills)! While I had some very basic French knowledge from university classes and from high school, I found that Emmanuel's tutoring gave me more of the "real" French that I could actually use when talking to real people in France. All of the things we covered in our lessons came up during my trip to France and I'm 100% sure that I wouldn't have been anywhere near as confident without his help. I definitely recommend taking lessons with Emmanuel if you want to improve your French, prepare for a trip to France, or just generally want to be able to have a taste of the wonderful (and enormously rich/far-reaching) French culture which is better experienced with at least some level of study of the French language. There's nothing like having lessons from a native speaker and you can spend lots of time on language learning websites and reading books, but even a little bit of personalized tutoring can take you a long way. Emmanuel is a perfect choice for a French tutor. read more

My daughter needed help with French 3 online class, contacted Emmanuel, started lessons the following week. Emmanuel was always on time. He was very helpful with the online lessons. Will strongly recommend Emmanuel ! read more

I've been taking Encore French Lessons for over 7 months now and very happy with our classes. Emmanuel offers a well-rounded curriculum, we focus on different aspect vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar... I wouldn't say I'm a good student especially the grammar part, but Emmanuel is very patient and explains in a way I feel like I'm not just following a book. Everything I learn can be easily applied to everyday life and when I travel abroad. He also offers Skype lessons whicj is very convenient on days when I'm not in town. Besides the weekly class, there's also a free weekly newsletter that features French culture, fun facts and quizzes, that keeps me well in the mood of French than only during the class. read more

I took French Lessons from Emmanuel in starting in July of 2016 through Spring of this year. I was new to studying French, and after working with a previous, tutor who offered limited structure and no lesson plans, Emmanuel's lessons were a completely different experience. From the beginning, he offered a clear goal for each of our lessons. As the lessons progressed each skill was a building block for the next. During the 10 months I studied with Emmanuel, I learned proper pronunciation of common sounds, sentence structure, and verb conjugation in multiple tenses, and more. We worked out of several different books, and Emmanuel was open to adapting lessons based on my needs/goals as a student. He pushed me to study vocabulary outside of lessons and provided homework to keep my progress of learning the language on the right track. When I went to France, Emmanuel spent a full lesson with me reviewing key phrases and items I would need to communicate. On my first afternoon in France I was able to order lunch in cafe, completely in French! Emmanual is very flexible and was kind enough to work around my hectic work schedule. And he was really enjoyable to work with and easy to learn from, especially given that he is a native French speaker. Ultimately, my schedule resulted in me pausing my French studies, but Emmanual let me know I was welcome to pick lessons up again in the future, and I will definitely work with him if I decide to do so! read more

I HIGHLY recommend using Encore for learning French!!! I didn't know anything in the beginning aside from a few greetings. After each lesson my confidence is growing more and more! Samba is an incredible teacher and I look forward to each lesson! This has been so helpful but also so much fun! Speaking French to native French person definitely helps on another level! Give them a try! :) read more

I took classes at Alliance Française in New York and then from Emmanuel when I came to LA. The worksheets and grammar exercises really helped me understand the French language more but nothing compares to having someone correct your pronunciation and sentence structure. I definitely feel more confident in speaking French but I have a long way to go and with his help I am sure to get ahead in any Francophone country. I think the most important part for me in my learning process is having fun and his lessons do exactly that. It's not some stale lesson from the text book. Emmanuel is great at what he does and I can't recommend him enough. read more

I strongly recommend Encore French lessons! I have been taking French lessons with Emmanuel for over a year now, and my French has improved tremendously. I had some knowledge prior to taking this class, but the lessons took my ability to communicate in French to another level. Learning a new language is always a long and hard journey, but Emmanuel makes it more natural and fun. Emmanuel is knowledgeable and dedicated. His classes are dynamic, creating an engaging learning environment. He is committed to improve his teaching every single class. For example, he adapts the content of each class to improve my French in areas that I need the most. He is also a kind and fun person. I couldn't recommend Encore French Lessons more highly. You should give it try and come join us! read more

I have been having French lessons with Emmanuel for 6 months, he is efficient and patient, he really makes every cLass enjoyable and diverse, using different techniques to a better comprehension, grammar, spelling, vocabulary, reading, in one one word you learned regarding what your level is, I highly recommend him! Merci!!! Catalina read more

Emmanuel is the crème de la crème of French tutors! My friends and I started lessons in the beginning of the year and it has quickly become something we look forward to each week. Emmanuel is very professional and organized but not intimidating. He has a lesson plan ready each week and is also flexible to shift the agenda as needed. He focuses heavily on pronunciation in addition to grammar and I think he does a great job tailoring classes to his students. For example, he quickly picked up on our competitive nature, and we now frequently play games testing our grammar in a fun way. In addition, he provides a textbook and worksheets as supplementary learning materials. In terms of proficiency (or lack thereof in my case), Emmanuel meets you where you are. He makes the lessons fun while still helping you progress at a pretty quick rate. There's still so much to learn but we are already 100X more prepared for our next trip to France. Merci Emmanuel! read more

It was a pleasure taking lessons with Emmanuel. My friend and I took several months of lessons and he created custom lessons for us based on our level of experience. We really looked forward to our time with Emmanuel because it was a nice escape from the rest of the world. For one hour or so, you were able to focus and use parts your brain you don't use every day and it was very refreshing and rewarding. I would have kept going indefinitely, but moved to another state for work. I highly recommend Emmanuel! read more

Emmanuel is exactly what I wanted in a tutor: friendly, professional, native speaker, and cares about his students! My girlfriend and I took lessons to brush up on our French before a trip to France. We learned so much in a short time, and on our trip we were constantly encountering and using words or phrases that Emmanuel taught us. We are planning to continue our lessons now that we've returned and we're really looking forward to it. I considered many different tutors before deciding to try a lesson with Emmanuel and I couldn't be happier with our choice. read more

I had the chance to attend Emmanuel's class at UCLA last year, and I can only recommend him highly. The lesson was well planned, and he is very attentive to students' needs. He also added nice references to French culture and talked about his own experience growing up in France, making the class entertaining and interesting! read more

Emmanuel makes it effortless and fun to learn what is supposed to be a difficult language. I am not saying French is easy but Emmanuel's soothing energy and fun facts about French culture help the information to sink in so much better than it would in a standard school context. If you are serious about improving your French skills, I strongly recommend you call Emmanuel. You will be glad you did! read more

Emmanuel is a fantastic French teacher. Very patient. I took lessons with him for about 6 months and my French has improved significantly. He's also great with helping you improve your pronunciation. Highly recommend encore French! read more

Before I studied with Emmanuel, I tried a couple tutors who weren't quite right for me--they were either a little too chilly or too intense. Emmanuel, though, is easygoing, which impressed me from the first. He approaches each lesson through his student's point of view, correcting your mistakes as you go but never with disapproval, paying attention to what you like about French culture and often building lessons around that, and chatting in French, which I found the other tutors refused to do for beginners. He plays fun linguistic games (matching and conjugation drills, etc.,) and, at the end of each hour, he encourages you to stretch with tougher and tougher review phrases. Afterward, your brain will be wrung-out but in a good way, where you know he's doing much more than just a language app would. He's a well-rounded, zen-minded pro. You won't be disappointed. À bientôt! read more

I had been taking semi-private French lessons with another tutor on and off for a couple of years and although my reading and writing comprehension improved, my speaking and listening skills soon plateaued. After taking a year off, I decided to search for someone with whom I could practice my spoken French one-on-one on a weekly basis. Luckily, I found Encore French Lessons. Emmanuel is a patient instructor who genuinely cares about your language goals. His patience and passion for his native culture creates a welcoming environment to learn. I highly recommend his tutelage! read more

I was very rusty on my French and wanted to brush up on my conversational skills before my trip to Paris. Emmanuel is fantastic! We focused on useful phrases/dialogue (e.g., Je voudrais un verre de vin), pronunciation, as well as some reading. He's a great teacher (very patient), and he made me feel comfortable right away. Merci Emmanuel! read more