NUMBER OF TUTEES / PRICE PER HOUR

1 £27.50

2 £27.50

3 £33

4 £38.50

5 £44

6 £49.50

7 £55

8 £60.50

LEARN A LANGUAGE AT YOUR PACE, AT YOUR PLACE

LANGUAGES AVAILABLE - FRENCH, SPANISH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, POLISH,
CZECH, RUSSIAN, GREEK, LATIN, DUTCH, MANDARIN CHINESE, KOREAN, UKRAINIAN, ESTONIAN, THAI, PORTUGESE, CATALAN, SLOVAK, TURKISH, BULGARIAN, SWEDISH, ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Our clients have many different reasons for wanting tuition in a foreign language. Some have a holiday cottage abroad, some need a boost with their school work or exam grades. They may simply want a new challenge or have relations in foreign parts. However, whatever their motivation, our clients all have one thing in common; they find our sessions fun, motivational and confidence inspiring. We can guarantee that our tuition will be suitable for you, too;

Your first session is free, and is an opportunity for you to discuss your needs with your tutor; previous language learning experience, the type of language you want to cover, your preferred learning styles.

Tutorials take place in your own home, at a time which suits you.

All tuition is tailor-made to your individual needs and there are frequent opportunities for you to make suggestions and give feedback to your tutor.

All tutors are native speakers and/or experienced and well qualified teachers who have spent time living in the country

Prices are reasonable and competitive

LOOK AT OUR TESTIMONIALS TO SEE WHAT OUR CURRENT TUTEES HAVE TO SAY

Why not consider having group tuition? You could learn as a family, or even put two families together and make it a social event! This is guaranteed to be a fun and lively experience and learning as a group makes it cheaper, too!

Thai lessons with Supak are extremely enjoyable, rewarding and useful.

Steve, Bradway

Finding Babble and Speak was an absolute God send! Learning Greek with Lena is so invaluable to me, finding the opportunity to learn in a way that suits me and having 100% focused attention is excellent.

Thanks to Lena for her patience and help in mastering a language that has opened up my life, and thanks to Babble and Speak for helping me find her!

Kathryn, Chapeltown

Anna is lovely and a really good teacher. She plans her lessons really well before each lesson and has all the homework planned out ready for us. She has also started to teach us about the culture in Poland, the food and the way they live, that helps with the learning and makes it more interesting. She makes learning Polish fun and never laughs when we make mistakes with the words.
Lauraine, Dinnington

We started learning Spanish because we were invited, last year, to a wedding in Ibiza. We planned to extend our trip to have a holiday in Spain, and we wanted to be able to get by in Spanish.

We needed to have lessons at home as we are not free at all during the day or at regular times in the evening, and could not therefore regularly attend classes.

Our tutor, Nick, is excellent; he is flexible about the timing of lessons, prepares thoroughly for them and delivers well paced creative teaching appropriate to our level.

We really enjoy our lessons; doing it as a couple gives an incentive to learn and to practice and I think we are making quite good progress.

We would warmly recommend this service in any case, and especially to others with similar constraints.

Andrew, Sheffield


"I have French lessons because I think it's useful to learn another language. It's fun, interesting and helps me with my school work. I've improved a lot with the lessons and I could never have learnt as much as I have done without Katie's help. The lessons are fun and enjoyable. My sister Amy has learnt so much French and can't wait to learn more. Amy's always asking when her next French lesson is. We couldn't ask for a better teacher."

Danielle and Amy (age 13 and 6), Dore, Sheffield

Having lived in Europe for the past few years my 10 year old daughter has learnt to speak French. On our return to the UK we wanted to help her to keep her language skill up-to-date. Since September 2004 my daughter has had weekly lessons with Katie from Babble and Speak. She really looks forward to her lesson every week, and not only has she kept up with her French but she has shown a steady improvement.

Karen, Whirlow


"I've been studying for my GCSE in Italian for the last few weeks; my teacher, Eunice, is helpful, knowledgeable and most importantly, Italian! As well as interesting lessons, she's also introduced me to everyone at the best Italian restaurant in town - what more could a student want? There's also back up from Katie by email or phone if there are any problems - I'm hoping to carry on a fruitful study relationship!"

Dr David Fong, B.Sc, Clin.Psy.D,C.Psychol, Greystones, Sheffield

"I was unable to speak or understand a word of German so when my daughter started German at school I was no help to her what so ever. I decided I would like German lessons too to enable me to help and encourage her.

Katie has been wonderful; she is so patient with my faltering conversation and my inaccurate spelling! Although I hope she has seen and heard it all and perhaps worse in the classroom! She has devised a programme which shadows what my daughter (also called Katie) is doing in school. She frequently comes armed with a game she has devised for us to play together in the week to help us both, and that doesn't feel like homework for either of us.

I thoroughly enjoy my weekly lessons in the comfort and privacy of my own home and feel that through Katie's help I am able to support and encourage my daughter's development and enjoyment of German.

Es ist toll!"

Sue Turner, Millhouses, Sheffield

My lessons with Katie from Babble and Speak give me the opportunity to speak French each week. We discuss literature and articles from the press, current affairs etc. It gives me the chance to check any grammar points I'm unsure of and gives me the confidence to speak French when I'm abroad. I would highly recommend Babble and Speak to anyone who wants to take up a new language or brush up on their current skills.

Cath, Bannerdale, Sheffield

I'm in my third year of learning German wih a Babble and Speak tutor . I am impressed by the care taken to make lessons interesting and enjoyable and to take account the different needs of individual students. Highly recommended.

David, Dronfield

I'm very pleased with Olalla - she's an excellent Spanish teacher and makes my lessons extremely productive and enjoyable.

Jenny, Endcliffe, Sheffield

I wanted to write to thank you for all your help with Rachael's GCSE French preparation. Rachael really enjoyed her lessons with you and it made a big difference to her confidence about the exam.

As you know, Rachael took her French GCSE in Year 10, a year early so she really benefited from your coaching particularly with the Oral and written exams. Rachael was really pleased with her result and we're very proud of her achievement.

Rachael is now in Year 11 and will be starting AS Level a year early - although it will be hard work she's keen to keep up her French. We've discussed whether she would like extra lessons with you as well as her school lessons and she is very keen! She enjoyed her time with you and I think your style of tuition really suited her.

I will be in contact again shortly to see if you have a spare slot. Thanks once again for all your help.

Magda, Meersbrook, Sheffield

"I decided to have German tutoring leading up to my final GCSE exams. I felt the one on one teaching was of great benefit as it allowed me to focus on what I needed help with most. Katie was helpful and reassuring - giving me the confidence to achieve an A grade in the end!"

Lawrence, Button Hill, Sheffield

I would like to take the opportunity to thank both your agency and especially Judith for the last two years.

Joe has thoroughly enjoyed his Russian lessons and was very sad when they ended. Fingers crossed that he has done as well as he wants to in the exam, but that really doesn't matter; the fact that you were able to give my son the opportunity at a time in his life when he has wanted to learn has been great.

Julie, Bents Green

(NB When Jo got his results last August he was over the moon to find he'd got an A*!)