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Would you like to speak French with that flowing, musical quality you have always admired in native speech?

Imagine how rewarding it would be to have a clear knowledge and understanding of how to pronounce new French words !

FrenchSounds, LLC was founded in 1998 to help non-native speakers of French achieve the best possible accent through the application of phonetic principles and the use of focused practice exercises.

FrenchSounds offers private lessons in conversational French, with emphasis on pronunciation, through personalized instruction. At the individual's request, private lessons can have several areas of concentration: culture, literature, stylistic levels, grammatical concepts, business usage. FrenchSounds also offers private tutoring to students enrolled in French classes as well as French lessons for children.

FrenchSounds now offers its services as French pronunciation consultant for classroom students by providing pronunciation resources and support to the classroom teacher.

Lessons are offered to individuals through videoconferencing online or by toll-free telephone call within the continental USA.
Local lessons are available in person at the FrenchSounds office in Farmington, Connecticut.
Classroom pronunciation support is provided through videoconferencing.

Your Instructor is

Bilingual native speaker of French and English
Specialist in French Phonetics
Many years of teaching experience at the university level

Samples of References

Mary Kay Lazarus Office, PhD MLK Public Relations Judge Building 8 East Broadway, Suite 611 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 801.328.8899 ph, 801.364.1338 fax	"Cheryl Demharter is an exceptional teacher of French pronunciation with whom it is a joy to study. If you have studied French but would like to improve and even perfect the way you speak, there is none more capable than Cheryl with whom to study. And if you, like me, have a graduate degree in French from a university department that did not focus on pronunciation or even speaking in French, FrenchSounds is the answer. Gently but insistently, Cheryl points out areas we need to improve and provides techniques and insight in the process. From the most subtle to the most glaring defect of our spoken French, Cheryl guides our progress. Knowledgeable, encouraging and delightful to work with, Cheryl makes each 'leçon' helpful and productive."

Mary Kay Lazarus Office, PhD
MLK Public Relations
Judge Building
8 East Broadway, Suite 611
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
801.328.8899 ph, 801.364.1338 fax

"Cheryl Demharter is an exceptional teacher of French pronunciation with whom it is a joy to study. If you have studied French but would like to improve and even perfect the way you speak, there is none more capable than Cheryl with whom to study.
And if you, like me, have a graduate degree in French from a university department that did not focus on pronunciation or even speaking in French, FrenchSounds is the answer.
Gently but insistently, Cheryl points out areas we need to improve and provides techniques and insight in the process. From the most subtle to the most glaring defect of our spoken French, Cheryl guides our progress. Knowledgeable, encouraging and delightful to work with, Cheryl makes each 'leçon' helpful and productive."

Martine Gantrel, PhD Professor Department of French Studies Smith College Northampton, MA 01063	"Cheryl is by every account a very conscientious and extremely dedicated teacher, who expects the best from her students and is willing to go the extra mile to help them get there. Her French is that of a native: the pronunciation is flawless, as well as her writing. Her grammar exercises, some of which she created for her own private enterprise, FrenchSounds LLC, amply demonstrate her familiarity with the pedagogy of second-language acquisition and her absolute mastery of the intricacies of the French language."

Martine Gantrel, PhD
Professor
Department of French Studies
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063

"Cheryl is by every account a very conscientious and extremely dedicated teacher, who expects the best from her students and is willing to go the extra mile to help them get there. Her French is that of a native: the pronunciation is flawless, as well as her writing. Her grammar exercises, some of which she created for her own private enterprise, FrenchSounds LLC, amply demonstrate her familiarity with the pedagogy of second-language acquisition and her absolute mastery of the intricacies of the French language."

Elissa Gelfand, PhD Dorothy Rooke McCulloch Professor of French Department of French Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA 01075	"From the outset, Ms. Demharter was able to gauge the level of her classes and aim her teaching appropriately; she has something akin to perfect pitch in determining her students' specific needs. [...] I had the opportunity to read Professor Demharter's student evaluations for the first semester, and they were extremely positive. It was clear her students appreciated her excellent organization and her attentive concern that they do their very best. In brief, in regard to teaching French language, Professor Demharter is a true professional."

Elissa Gelfand, PhD
Dorothy Rooke McCulloch Professor of French
Department of French
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA 01075

"From the outset, Ms. Demharter was able to gauge the level of her classes and aim her teaching appropriately; she has something akin to perfect pitch in determining her students' specific needs. [...] I had the opportunity to read Professor Demharter's student evaluations for the first semester, and they were extremely positive. It was clear her students appreciated her excellent organization and her attentive concern that they do their very best. In brief, in regard to teaching French language, Professor Demharter is a true professional."

Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Fortier Greater Hartford, CT	"We cannot thank Cheryl enough for the change she made in [our daughter] Lorna's French academic picture. Cheryl is an incredibly knowledgeable, supportive, patient and diligent teacher. She made an effort far beyond what was expected to find our daughter's weaknesses and repair them, and to encourage our daughter to achieve success. [...] [Lorna] took the SAT II French test and scored so well (100 points higher than her score the year before) that she could have been exempted from college French. However, her fondness for French has grown immensely and she fully intends to continue it in college."

Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Fortier
Greater Hartford, CT

"We cannot thank Cheryl enough for the change she made in [our daughter] Lorna's French academic picture. Cheryl is an incredibly knowledgeable, supportive, patient and diligent teacher. She made an effort far beyond what was expected to find our daughter's weaknesses and repair them, and to encourage our daughter to achieve success. [...] [Lorna] took the SAT II French test and scored so well (100 points higher than her score the year before) that she could have been exempted from college French. However, her fondness for French has grown immensely and she fully intends to continue it in college."

FrenchSounds LLC is a Limited Liability Company registered in the State of Connecticut, USA.
Cheryl A. Demharter, PhD, Owner and Principal, P.O. Box 1431, Farmington, CT 06034-1431
Phone: 860-674-8651 or 800-329-0978 Fax: 860-674-8131 E-mail: lessons@frenchsounds.com
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