The team

Academic and Administrative Team

The Academic and Administrativeteam is based on the floor where the French courses are taught in the International Programs' office.

This proximity allows the multilingual team to be on-hand for day-to-day support helping students settle into the FLE centre and during their stay in France.

Diane DUREY

French by EPITA Center Manager
+33 (0)1 84 07 16 14
[email protected]

Stéphanie chatelet

EPITA's International Programs Director

Contact the French by EPITA team by email at [email protected] .

Teaching Team

The teaching team comprises around 15 French as a Foreign Language (FLE). All of them having a strong background and years of teaching experience in Centres, Alliances and French language institutions in France and abroad, they offer quality courses that are both interactive and dynamic.

Each of them having a specific area of expertise, the teachers take advantage of their skills not only in their courses, but also in workshops and / or teachers' trainings: French music workshop, debating workshop, conversation workshop, French through games, professional French, phonetics practice, French for architects, certified exams preparation (TFI, TEF, TCF, DELF, DALF), tailor-made programs, ...

French by epita

Laurence BARBOLOSI
For the biography, you can put something like this: After teaching French as a Foreign Language to Asian audiences for two years, Laurence specialized in FOS - French for Specific Goals - (applied arts and eco-design). She works in design and architecture establishments for university exchange audiences.
Jean-Christophe BOCLE
Jean-Christophe is passionate about listening and practicing languages. After a few years of teaching in Bolivia, he enjoyed meeting students from all continents. In class, he encourages interactions and likes to transmit the “music of French”.
Veronica BUSA
Sandra DENIAU
Estelle DUSSOURD
Estelle chose to teach French during an Erasmus in Ireland to continue meeting people from all over the world. She enjoys learning the history of languages ​​and walking in the park.
Aneta JAWORSKA-BARTHARES
Aneta is a passionate and experienced FLE teacher. Born in Poland, she has lived in France for 25 years and has taught French for 22 years. For her, learning a language means loving to express yourself and being curious about the beauty of words. Curious and dreamer, she loves traveling and discovering new cultures.
Anne LE BOURVELLEC
Thierry MINOT
Before French by EPITA, Thierry was a French teacher in Brazil. Passionate about sport and especially water sports, he travels on the seas and oceans. He listens to all styles of music and frequents art galleries.
Marie-Emmanuelle PETIT
Marie-Emmanuelle taught FLE in several countries before working for EPITA. She enjoys traveling and talking with students about their lifestyle. Interculturality is an aspect of her job that fascinates her. She is also interested in the visual arts and has devoted herself partly to painting as a professional for several years.
Jana RAMEH
Holder of a Master's degree in language sciences, Jana pursues her passion at French by Epita. Patient and positive, she has a conviction: “if opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door!” » (Milton Berle).
Brigitte REMER
Doctor in Sociology, Brigitte Rémer is a consultant in international cultural policies, a trainer in the field of cultural management, and a critic for arts and culture. She has been teaching FLE for around ten years. Her journey lies between action and reflection.
Amina SI YOUCEF
FLE teacher for 20 years, Amina also acts as a corrective examiner for various FLE exams: TCF, TEF, DELF and DALF. She promotes the language learning through culture. Passionate about music, she plays the electric bass.
Ogier SONNEVILLE
Ferdinand VERCHEZER
Jalal ZAÏM
Conservatory (music theory, composition, piano), modern literature and musicology graduate, Jalal ZAÏM devoted the first part of his career to private lessons (all literary and scientific subjects in middle and high school). Then, he returned to university and obtained, as valedictorian at the Sorbonne, a Master 2 in applied linguistics, which opened the doors to the grandes écoles, where he has been teaching French since 2010.