About

Sabine Maher decided to set up ‘French for Children’ as to meet the need of a French teaching centre locally in Dublin 15. It also helps her to enhance the French environment in her own home.

French for Children has been operated successfully since February 2009 in Dublin 15. It operates from several centres in Dublin 15 and surrounding areas and children from any location are welcome to enrol and attend classes. It serves mainly areas of Castleknock, Clonsilla, Roselawn, Coolmine, Carpenterstown and Diswellstown, Blanchardstown, Hartstown, Huntstown, Tyrellstown, Ongar, Littlepace, Phibbelstown, Clonee, the Navan Road/Cabra area, Chapelizod and Palmerstown.

See the location page for more information about French for Children French centres.

Sabine Maher was born in France, in the French Alps besides Italy and Switzerland. She is third-level qualified in France, Italy and England (Oxford Brookes University).

Sabine has lived in Ireland for the past 10 years with her Dublin husband and four daughters.

As her daughters will grow up, she will dedicate more time to teaching young adults (secondary students) and adults some French with one to one lessons, discussions opportunities, grinds etc…. At the moment, she concentrates on setting up her business and providing an excellent local service to local children enthusiastic to learn French. Please contact her and she will be pleased to advice you and give you additional contacts of teachers or/and organisations.

Tutors

Tutors working alongside Sabine are providing the same service.

Audrey Nicolas – Tutor in Dublin 15
Audrey is third-level qualified with a National Vocational Certificate Level 3 FETAC (Applied Languages/Information Technology/International Teleservices) achieved in Ireland. She also has a bachelor of Applied English and German (law, economics and communications) from Paris University in Nanterre.

More recently, she has just graduated in July 2010 and received with honours The Diploma of Ability in Teaching French as a Foreign language (DAEFLE). This diploma is for teaching French to a non-French speaking audience, in France or abroad.

Sabine Maher and tutors have followed La Jolie Ronde training on the structured method, child psychology and class management. Sabine Maher has started vetting procedures for her and her tutors. In case of difficulties with pupils’ behaviour in class, parents are contacted immediately to try to rectify the issue together. Sabine and her tutors have full personal liability insurance for them and the pupils attending the classes.