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• Develop self-confidence and autonomy.
• Establish a precise academic program taking into account the special needs.
• Provide appropriate academic material : class summaries, study aids, homework handouts.
• Compilation of student results for parents.
• Maintain open and friendly communication between teachers, students and parents.

A specific point within the student's learning program is treated during each lesson. The student and his or her Professor will discuss potential trouble spots, synthesize explanations and rigorously attack practice exercises.

• Thorough reading of the chapter or theme studied by the student.
• Construction of a key idea summary.
• Knowledge testing by the Professor.
• Memorization of each reasoning step.

After each lesson, the student will prepare for the next lesson with his Professor for one hour. He will reread his class work and write a summary. Next, he will prepare the exercises given to him by his Professor.

We teach our students to :

• establish data summary cards to fascilate memorization.
• rigorously attack comprehension exercises.
• manage their daily or weekly work load.
• organize time.

A team of dynamic and motivated Professionals

Exclusively chosen from graduates of prestigious national or international universities, business schools, engineering schools and law schools. Our professors are trained professionals with experience motivating their students. They create a peacefull learning envirmonment while transmitting the desire to achieve with enthousiasm. The majority have obtained a Master's Degree in their specialization.

Each student must sign up for at least ten class hours with the same Professor. Most students sign up for the entire year and reserve 20, 30, or 40 hours of lessons with the same Professor. This is because professors work more efficiently when they know a student very well. Each class can last bewteen 1, 2, or 3 hours. Each student may choose the frequency of his classes. They can take place on a daily basis or they can take place once a week. You decide. Just reserve your prefered class hours on your chosen Professor's calendar.

Our Professors listen very carefully to student needs and successfully transmit excellent study skills.

• They spark your motivation to learn.
Our professors know how to encourage a student to be his/her best ("you are capable of getting an A!"), to stimulate him or her ("you can do it!"), to make him or her feel proud (" Wow, look at the work that you've accomplished today!"). Our Professors also teach each student stratgies behind excellent study habits: organization, repetition, review and writing.
• They adjust their personal, academic and psychological approach to your specific language level and needs. In order to insure the daily efficiency of our Professors, English@lacarte provides them with an extended bibliography of learning materials that has been developed after 20 years of hands-on experience :
• Class handouts
• Study materials
• Exercises
• A Student Progress Notebook
• Strategic Study Skills Worksheets

• Each of our Professors are trained to listen very carefully to the student's needs and fix precise objectives to reach during each lesson. Your Professor is an experienced Teacher and understands the demands concerning the grade and language level of your son or daughter. His methods and teaching strategies will be linked to the student's pace and learning capacity.


• Every three months your son or daughter's Professor will provide you with a progress report outlining his or her achievements.

Thanks to the reassuring presence of one of our dynamic and experienced Professors, the student will be able to seek the precious aid he/she needs to progress in his language studies without feeling threatened by the judgement of his peer group. Studies show that certain students feel intimdated by their peers and avoid asking questions in the classroom setting. His/her Private Professor will encourage him to develop his potential to the maximum.

• General review of all subjects matters and/or themes presented in the classroom setting.
• Attention allocated to exercises that the student has difficulty understanding.
• Training exercises completed with the help of his English@lacarte Private Professor.
• Inculcation of strong study skills and methods.
• Easing the student towards academic autonomy.

• Personal motivation,
• A thorough examination of his or her submitted documents (CV, Work Certificate, Letter of Motivation, Diplomas, Identity Card, Proof of Residence...),
• An interview with the Director,
• Significant teaching experience.

• Personal motivation,
• A thorough examination of his or her submitted documents (CV, Work Certificate, Letter of Motivation, Diplomas, Identity Card, Proof of Residence...),
• An interview with the Director,
• Significant hosting experience.

• Go to our Home Page on our internet website: Http://www.english-a-la-carte.com
• Click on the Professor Page
• Select the Personal Professor of your preference
• You may verify your professor's credentials by clicking on the links attached to his/her profile (CV, Identity Card, Work Certificates, Diplomas, etc)
• Click on the "Reserve" button
• You are required to reserve a session of at least ten hours of classes with your Personal Professor in order to validate your English@lacarte Learning Program
• You will then receive an email containing the contact information of your Personal Professor
• You must respect the start time of your lesson. You will not be refunded for lost time if you are late
• In the event that your Personal Professor comes to your home, you must pay, at the beginning of each class, the transportation fees he/she has noted on the website in his/her Professor Profile
• There is no refund for class cancelations

• Click on the "Host" Page
• Select the Host Family of your preference
• You may consult the documents the Host Family has uploaded onto the English@lacarte website in order to insure the security of your child
• Click on the date when you would like your stay to begin
• The system will then ask you how long you would like your stay to be
• Indicate the length of stay desired
• You will then receive an email with the contact information of your Host Family
• You must call your Host Family and agree upon your arrival time with them
• You are responsable for the transportation fees connected with your stay
• You are personally responsable for obtaining, within a timely manner, the documents required for your entrance and stay in your requested country (visa, passport, health insurance coverage, etc.)
• You are responsable for your own medical fees while you are with your Host Family
• Please notify your health insurance plan advisor of your trip abroad and organize an appopriate extension to your health plan
• No cancelation possible, except under very exceptional circumstances, which will be determined by the English@lacarte Team

• Go to the Home Page of our internet site http://www.english-a-la-carte.com
• Click on the circle of your choice in order to visualize the Learning Program that you would like to begin

Your homestay family will be interested in your country and family. Bring photographs of your town, school, friends and family. If you wish, also bring small gifts that are typical of your country.

There is no better way to gain special insight into U.S. society, while improving English language skills, than by participating in a homestay. If you bring along a willingness to learn and an attitude of openness and flexibility, you will have one of the most exciting and rewarding experiences of living in the U.S.A..

Benefits of Homestays...

• Practice and increase your English conversation skills.
• Observe U.S. life-style firsthand.
• Make friends with people from a variety of social groups.
• Feel part of a family and prevent homesickness !

Problems to Solve...

• Homestay owners and students might have different expectations about the homestay. To avoid frustration and confusion, students and hosts should discuss their expectations openly and directly at the beginning of the homestead.
• Because of cultural differences, or for fear of hurting the host's feelings, a student may feel afraid to discuss a problemIn these cases, students can easily discuss these issues with their Homestay Coordinator.
• Some U.S. family members seem "too busy" to spend time with the student. If this is the case, the student should ask their Homestay Coordinator to find another homestay for them.
• Students may be uncertain when or whether to ask hosts for help with shopping, transportation, etc. If you plan in advance and ask your host in advance, this should not be a problem.

You cannot choose your students, per say. You are required to accept each student who signs up for your classes. However there are several ways of attracting the type of students you prefer to sign up for your classes.

A. If you prefer adults you may emphasis personal and professional experiences, in addition to scholarly achievements, that would be exclusively appreciated by a corporate or adult clientel.

• You may also indicate in your Preferences inside your Personal Professor Profile that you specialize in the particular age group that you prefer.
• Emphasize, as well, through your course listings, courses that an adult would be interested in following.
• Many adults need help preparing for job interviews or exams such as the TOEIC, TOEFL, IELTS, SAT and GMAT (for English Teachers) other need to prepare for a job or vacation abroad. If you have any experience teaching these subjects, don't forget to mention it in your English@laCarte Personal Professor Profile information.
• Remember that you need to sell yourself and your experiences.
• Don't neglect the importance of using descriptive adjectives and detail in order to help the student understand the level of knowledge and expertize that you are capable of providing.
• Through using these marketing strategies, you will surely attract the type of student that you prefer.

B. If you prefer teaching children, you may also adapt your profile information to attract a younger student population.

• Emphasize your experience working with children, as well as diplomas or certificates that exemplify your knowledge of children's psychology or children's learning capacities.
• Mention each professional or other work experience that would encourage a parent to select you as his or her child's Personal Professor.
• If you like teaching very young children you can emphasize the fun nature of your classes. Perhaps you use "play" in your teaching such as songs, dance, painting, coloring, storytelling, books, etc.
• If you like teaching teenagers, you should mention your familiarity with the class programs and the specificities of the age group that you would like to teach.
• The more you can reassure a parent of your success in the past with children, the more likely a parent will trust you in the future with his or her child.

A. The first copy of your documents will be kept exclusively for our administrative and accounting records. The second copy of documents will be for our students. Our students feel more secure choosing a Professor who's experience has been validated by professional experience and degrees.

B. The English@laCarte Team also requires each Professor to upload a copy of his CV, Letter of Motivation, Work Experience, National Identity Card, and University Degree(s) onto our website with his personal information completely blotted out with a thick and heavy black magic marker. This is to protect your privacy. No potential student will have access to your private information before purchasing at least en hours of classes with you.

You will get paid monthly. Your international wire transfer will be sent to your bank account between the 1st and the 15th of every month. Be sure to upload a copy of your bank account information in order to guarentee your timely payment.

Any Language Consultant or Trainer with a minimum of two years teaching experience, or other professional with 5 years of specialized industrial experience. If you are French, you are required to have passed the French Licence, CAPES or Agregation in the subject language that you will be teaching. If you are from another country, you must be teaching your first language and have a four year university degree. You are also required to have certain personality characteristics :

• You must be highly optimistic and encourage your students to remain focused, positive and attentive throughout their entire English@laCarte Learning Program.


• You must deliver your academic explanations with a heavy dose of good humour.


• You must be an excellent listener and treat your student's learning problems with the most appropriate solution.


• You must be highly reliable and show up on time for each and every student lesson. Late Professors will be immediately excluded from our Professor Listings.


• You must be prepared for each and every class you give: necessary books, paperwork, photocopies of classroom material for your student, etc. Do not worry, English@laCarte provides all of our professors certain pedagogical guidelines to follow before they begin working for us.

You choose your salary when you work for English@laCarte. You indicate the salary that you would like to be paid per hour and we pay you that hourly wage. You will notice, however, that the salary per hour that appears on English@laCarte's website is higher than the salary that you will receive. This is because we must pay our administrative fees (overhead, taxes, accounting, secretarial, telephone, property, employee social charges, advertising, etc.) as well as your services.

If you are based in France, you can be an Independant Worker with a SIRET number. You will be required to pay your own social charges, and English@laCarte will offer you a higher per hour wage. In accounting terms, you are considered to be a sub-contractor. You will be expected to electronically validate your monthly bill on our website each month in order to receive your payment. You are also expected to take care of your accounting yourself.

You choose the amount of time that you would like to teach per week. However English@laCarte requires each Professor to be available a minimum of 5 hours per week. You may, however, work for English@lacart as many hours as you like. We do not fix an hourly limit. Some of our Professors choose to work for us on a full time basis and others choose to work for us just a few hours a week for some complimentary income. Keep in mind that Professors who indicate significant availability are more likely to maximize their likelihood of being chosen by students. Students also tend to sign up for weekly classes at the same time and on the same day each week.

There is no maximum time limit to your contract with English@laCarte. You may work for us as long as you like. You must, however, be availble for a minimum ten week period in order to receive new students.

If you no longer would like to work for English@laCarte you are required to inform us ten weeks before your last day. We will then erase your account. This is in order to insure that all of the students who have signed up for classes with you will have finished their English@laCarte Learning Program.

You cannot choose your students, per say. You are required to accept each student who signs up for an English@lacarte Homestay with you. Yet, there are several ways of attracting the type of student you prefer.

A. If you prefer adults you may emphasis personal and professional experiences, in addition to scholarly achievements, that would be exclusively appreciated by a corporate or adult clientel.

• You may also indicate in your Preferences inside your Personal Professor Profile that you specialize in the particular age group that you prefer.
• Emphasize, as well, through the extra curricular activites proposed, options that an adult would be interested in chossing.
• Many adults are quite autonomous, but would appreciate a certain amount of guidance and would like to be informed of interesting things to do or see in your region: castles to visit, historical monuments, museums, the city center, the beach, the mountains, shopping districts, art galleries, sporting events, etc. You should mention these options in your English@lacarte Personal Professor Profile in order to attrack the maximum amount of students to your home.
• Remember that you need to sell yourself and your experiences.
• Don't neglect the importance of using descriptive adjectives and detail in order to help the student understand the level of knowledge and expertize that you are capable of providing.
• Through using these marketing strategies, you will surely attract the type of student that you prefer.

B. If you prefer hosting children, you should adapt your profile information to attract a younger student population.

• Emphasize your experience with children, as well as diplomas or certificates that exemplify your knowledge of children's psychology or children's learning capacities.
• Mention each professional or other work experience that would encourage a parent to select you as his or her child's Personal Host.
• If you like palying games and other activites with very young children you can emphasize these activites in your Profile Information Page. Perhaps you like activites such as singing, dancing, running, biking, skiing, jogging, painting, coloring, storytelling, books, etc.
• If you prefer hosting teenagers, you should mention your familiarity with the programs and specificities of the age group that you would like to teach.
• The more you can reassure a parent of your success in the past with children, the more likely a parent will trust you in the future with his or her child.

" I love my American family! Their home is my second home. " - a French student living in a Boston homestead.

It is an opportunity to experience the life-style and culture found in another country by living with a family.

Each year, thousands of families open their homes and their hearts to visitors from all over the world. Most homestays are arranged by universities, language schools, or international educational exchange organizations. In a homestay, a student can observe, learn and experience a new life-style and culture, while practicing English or other language skills in a family home. People of all ages participate in homestays. Some come alone, others come in groups accompanied by leaders. Husbands and wives come, some bringing their children.

A. The first copy of your documents will be kept exclusively for our administrative and accounting records. The second copy of documents will be seen by our students in order to help them best choose their Host Family. Our students feel more secure choosing a Professor who's experience has been validated by professional experience and degrees and other information.

B. The English@lacarte Team also requires each Host Family to upload a second copy of his CV, Letter of Motivation, Work Experience, National Identity Card, and University Degree(s)onto our website with his personal information completely blotted out with a thick and heavy black magic marker. This is to protect your privacy. No potential student will have access to your private information before purchasing a Home Stay program with you.

You will get paid monthly. Your international wire transfer will be sent to your bank account between the 1st and the 15th of every month. Be sure to upload a copy of your bank account information in order to guarentee your timely payment.

What makes homestays special is the daily experience of living with hosts who want to share their way of life. Hosts involve their guests in their day-to-day activities, introduce them to their relatives and neighbors, and include them in family functions like summertime barbeques, holiday celebrations, and trips to local tourist attractions.

Schools and homestay organizations can arrange short-term, semester or year long stays. In some programs, students live in the dormitory or residence hall during the week and spend weekends and holidays with their assigned families.

Usually, international visitors or students enjoy staying with families having family members of similar ages or with similar interests.Here at the English@lacarte, we encourage our families to offer homestays for years and years, with some developing such close relationships that they later travel to their students' home countries to meet their families.

We find that successful homestay experiences help ease homesickness for English@lacarte students, who realize they have found a second family who loves and cares for them. Other students sing the praises of homestays because of the opportunity to improve their English skills and the chance to be immersed in American culture, rather than simply reading about it in class.

Homestays always require some adjustments. You might have expectations about meals, curfew, internet and telephone usage, laundry, television viewing, household chores, and money matters. For Universities offering homestays, it's important to set standards for approving families who will participate in the program. Families must also provide students with furnished rooms, complete with desks, and make the students feel welcome in the home.

We offer three levels of meal plans in our homestays :

• Traditional : all meals but lunches on school days provided.
• Bed and Breakfast : self-serve breakfast provided seven days a week.
• No Meals : the students prepare their own meals in the homestay kitchen. Homestay hosts take them to the grocery store every week.

Communication between the homestay owner and the international student is KEY to creating a good homestay experience.

Your homestay family will be interested in your country and family. Bring photographs of your town, school, friends and family. If you wish, also bring small gifts that are typical of your country.

There is no better way to gain special insight into U.S. society, while improving English language skills, than by participating in a homestay. If you bring along a willingness to learn and an attitude of openness and flexibility, you will have one of the most exciting and rewarding experiences of living in the U.S.A..

Benefits of Homestays...

• Practice and increase your English conversation skills.
• Observe U.S. life-style firsthand.
• Make friends with people from a variety of social groups.
• Feel part of a family and prevent homesickness !

Problems to Solve...

• Homestay owners and students might have different expectations about the homestay. To avoid frustration and confusion, students and hosts should discuss their expectations openly and directly at the beginning of the homestead.
• Because of cultural differences, or for fear of hurting the host's feelings, a student may feel afraid to discuss a problemIn these cases, students can easily discuss these issues with their Homestay Coordinator.
• Some U.S. family members seem "too busy" to spend time with the student. If this is the case, the student should ask their Homestay Coordinator to find another homestay for them.
• Students may be uncertain when or whether to ask hosts for help with shopping, transportation, etc. If you plan in advance and ask your host in advance, this should not be a problem.

• Make the language student at ease in your home.
• Daily conversation at least one hour per day.
• When possible you can offer additional activities to the student such as visits to sites of interest in your neighboorhood, community or country. If you have the time to offer the student this possibility please mention it very precisely in your Host Family Profile Space.
• Daily meals may be included for an extra price. In this case please indicate it in your Host Family Profile Space as well.
• A comfortable bed (mattress) to sleep on.
• Cultural exchange.

People who are open to international exchange and possess excellent communication skills. We accept retired people, housewives, working parents and young people fresh out of college. You must be friendly and ready to share the nuances of your culture with others. You must also be available for at least an hour a day for communication with our students.