About Olivia
Learn French through writing, with a teacher who writes too.
I’m Olivia Quetier, a native French teacher and writer based in Oxford. I help B1-C1 learners turn the French they understand into sentences they can actually use.
Why I created Write Your French
Many intermediate learners understand far more French than they can use spontaneously. They can read, listen, recognise expressions, follow a conversation — but when it is time to write or speak, the words arrive slowly.
Write Your French was created for that exact moment: when French is already inside you, but not yet easy to use.
Writing gives you time. Time to choose your words, notice your habits, receive feedback, and reuse better sentences until they become more natural.
It is not about writing perfect essays. It is about making your French active.
What I bring to your French
My work sits between teaching, writing, and careful feedback. I do not want you to sound like a grammar exercise. I want your French to become clearer, more natural, and still yours.
A teacher’s eye
I help you see what is correct, what sounds slightly unnatural, and what you can reuse in real situations.
A writer’s attention
I pay attention to rhythm, nuance, intention, and the small choices that make a sentence feel alive.
A learner’s patience
I also live in another language. I know how vulnerable, slow, and satisfying it can be to find your own words.
My own relationship with languages
Since moving to Oxford, I have also used writing to improve my own English: journaling, rewriting sentences after feedback, saving useful expressions, and noticing the gap between what I understand and what I can actually say.
This shapes the way I teach. I know that progress does not come only from learning more rules. It also comes from returning to language regularly, gently, and concretely.
My background
I have taught French to English-speaking learners through French Creative Academy and in Oxfordshire. I also completed the DAEFLE training in French as a foreign language.
I am also a writer, which is why I pay so much attention to voice, tone, and the life of a sentence.
How I give feedback
My feedback is precise, but not harsh. I show you what works, what needs to be adjusted, and how a French person would probably say it more naturally.
I try to preserve your idea, your voice, and your intention. The goal is not to erase you from the sentence. The goal is to help your French carry what you really wanted to say.
Writing is the method. More natural French is the goal.
Start gently.
If you are not sure where to begin, start with seven short writing prompts. No pressure, no level test — just a first step towards more active French.