ABOUT ALEXANDER PARTRIDGE
I didn’t grow up speaking French. I fell in love with the language and spent years learning to make it my own.
My relationship with the French language began around the age of ten, growing up in the suburbs of Washington D.C. I would pin French words onto my parents’ fridge door, fascinated by the way they sounded and how they seemed to open a window into another world.
As the son of an American mother and British father in a completely anglophone household, speaking another language fluently once felt like a far-off dream. But years of study, curiosity, and persistence slowly turned that dream into reality — and eventually, into a life in France.
In 2018, I created Alex Teaches French to help others experience not only the language itself, but the nuance, humor, emotion, and texture woven into everyday French. What began as a few short videos on Instagram has since grown into a global community of learners brought together by a shared fascination with the French language and culture.
My work has led to collaborations with companies, cultural institutions, and public figures including Rosetta Stone, the City of Paris, the U.S. Embassy in Paris, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York City, and Kenny G.
From filming lessons in Paris to teaching the nuances of the subjunctive, my goal remains the same: to make French feel alive, approachable, and deeply human.
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My Approach
I teach French from the perspective of someone who had to learn how it works.
As a non-native speaker, I’ve been in my students’ shoes. I know what it’s like to understand the grammar on paper but struggle to use it naturally in conversation — and to wonder why French speakers say something one way when English would lead you somewhere completely different.
Years of learning French and building a life in France taught me that fluency isn’t just about memorizing more vocabulary or mastering another verb tense. It’s about understanding the logic, nuance, and ways of thinking behind the language.
That’s what I bring to my teaching: clear explanations grounded in the questions I once had myself, combined with the real-world French I’ve spent years absorbing and using every day.
My goal is to help you stop translating French and start thinking in it.
I’ve been in your shoes
I teach not only what’s grammatically correct, but the nuance and patterns that make French sound and feel natural.
Beyond textbook French
I teach not only what’s grammatically correct, but the nuance and patterns that make French sound and feel natural.