Private Coaching with Ellie Louis

Learn The French Room 907 word method one-to-one

French Room 907 Method

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French has around 60,000 words.
You do not need 60,000 words to speak French.

The French Room 907 Method starts with the small number of words that do an extraordinary amount of work in everyday French, then teaches you to recognise what those words can do, how they connect with the rest of the language and how French speakers actually use them.

Everything you need to do this on your own is inside The French Room.

Private Coaching is the same method, taught to you by me.
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One word at a time

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Take "pouvoir".

At first glance, it looks like one simple verb: *can* or *to be able to*.

But stay with it a while and you start to see how much French it opens up.

With one word, you are already dealing with:
* asking for something
* giving permission
* making an offer
* organising what to do
* talking about ability
* talking about what is possible
* expressing uncertainty
* talking about limits, quantity and occasion

That is why I teach one word at a time.
One word like "pouvoir" does not just give you one meaning. It opens the door to sentence structure, politeness, pronunciation, tense, intention and the way French expresses ideas differently from English.

Instead of rushing through separate grammar points and vocabulary lists, we stay with useful French long enough for the pattern to become visible.

Then you use it. Out loud.
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The Private Coaching difference 

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When I am teaching you directly, I can hear what is happening in your French.

We can stop when something needs more attention, go further when you are ready, test whether an idea has really landed and work on the difference between knowing something and being able to use it naturally.

I’ve been teaching French to adults since long before I founded The French Room back in 2015, and have more than 10,000 hours of live teaching behind me.

Over the past year, I’ve developed The French Room 907 Method from the lexical research of French linguist Jacqueline Picoche. Her work identified a small group of high-frequency words at the heart of everyday French. My work has been to turn that research into a practical way for adults to learn, recognise and use French more naturally.

Private Coaching gives you that method one-to-one.
We can stay with an idea, hear what is happening in your French, work on how something sounds and lands, and keep going until you can use it with confidence.

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How Private Coaching can work

Private Coaching can be the main way you learn with me.

You might work with me:

Weekly
For regular teaching, momentum and continuity.
Twice a week
For more intensive progress and more frequent contact with your French.
Occasionally
For a focused session when you want direct help with something you have been working on independently.
Alongside Live Group Classes
For additional one-to-one attention while continuing to learn as part of a regular group.

The method stays the same.

What changes is how much direct teaching you want.
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Choose 30 or 60 minutes coaching

30-minute coaching

For quick practice, check-ins, and targeted support

Single class — £35

10 classes — £325
Save 7%

30 classes — £890
Save 15%


60-minute coaching

For deeper work, longer speaking practice, and full-session feedback

Single class — £64

10 classes — £575
Save 10%

30 classes — £1,630
Save 15%


Before You Book

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To use Private Coaching, you need an active Bonjour Brilliance or Voice Mastery membership.

That is in your interests as much as mine.

Everything you need to explore the 907 Method between sessions is already inside The French Room: the Tutos, vocabulary work, grammar connections, examples and practice.


It means we do not need to cram all of that into the time you are in a coaching session with me. It means you can come ready-prepared to maximise the benefit of every hour we spend on your French.

Your coaching time can be used for the things that are much harder to do on your own: hearing what is happening in your French, working out what is getting in the way, practising how something sounds and feels in real speech, and staying with it until you can actually use it.

You do the work that you can do independently inside The French Room.

We use our time together for the work that benefits from me being there.


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Contact and bookings

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ellie@thefrenchroom.org
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FAQ / Who Typically Books Coaching

Who is Private Coaching for

Private Coaching is for adults who want to work directly with me on their French. Some learners come once or twice a week as their main way of learning. Others use occasional sessions alongside Bonjour Brilliance, Voice Mastery or Live Group Classes when they want focused help with their own French.

How flexible is scheduling

Very. Private Coaching is booked from the available schedule rather than on fixed term dates. You can choose 30- or 60-minute sessions and book at the rhythm that suits you.

What level do I need to be

Any level. Private Coaching is also the main route into The French Room for beginners at Levels 1 and 2. At higher levels, the work becomes increasingly about using the French you already know with greater confidence, accuracy and ease.

How should I prepare for a session

As you will be working through in Bonjour Brilliance or Voice Mastery, I will direct how you spend your time with the material beforehand so that we can use your coaching time for the things that benefit most from having me there: speaking, listening, feedback, correction and working through anything that has not quite landed.
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