FRENCH LESSONS • IMMERSION • CULTURE

Speak French with confidence. Live the language

Jérôme overlooking a historic Mexican city

FRENCH IMMERSION

Don’t just learn French. Live it in France

Spend five days in Lille living French from morning to evening. Private lessons, conversations, meals and visits, a one-to-one immersion built around you and your French.

Historic Merit pastry shop in Old Lille, France, with people walking past

STORIES FROM FRANCE

France is more interesting when you understand the story behind it

Jérôme Vanbaelinghem in a Youtube video thumbnail about learning French and language learning myths

French stories, explained

Videos about French language, culture, and history, exploring the stories behind the words, places, and ideas that shape France. Made to help you understand the country beyond the clichés.

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Illustration of French historical figures from Learn French Through History by Jérôme Vanbaelinghem

Learn French through history

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Le mot juste, French language and culture newsletter by Jérôme Vanbaelinghem

A little French in your inbox

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PHOTOGRAPHY & FILM

Another way of telling stories

Candid street photography capturing everyday moment in public life
portrait of an elderly man captured in a candid street photography moment

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Jérôme Vanbaelinghem outdoors in a green park in Lille, France

ABOUT

French teacher. Storyteller. Photographer

I’ve spent more than ten years teaching French, but language has never been just about grammar for me. It’s a way of understanding people, places, and the stories that shape them.

That curiosity has led me from teaching to writing, making videos, creating immersions in France, and documenting the world through photography.

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