OUR TEAM
The AFM team consists of highly qualified and university trained instructors. Each one has extensive teaching experience and a deep passion for their work. With instructors from all around the globe, we bring you the vast Francophone world all in one place. The Francophone world is diverse, and our instructors represent the many varieties of our dear French language, and work to introduce you to it. They are skillful at adapting to learners of any age, objective, or language level. The AFM instructors are capable not only of designing French programs for specific purposes, but also of teaching to learners of any origin, adapting to unique cultural, phonetic, syntactic, and lexical backgrounds. And to top it off, our instructors are as friendly as they are professional – and are looking forward to meeting you!
Antoine grew up in the north of France. He has a Master’s degree in Business International. He has worked in marketing for Nestlé, GAN Insurance Corporated and French National Lottery. Antoine was also in charge of communication and international Reltionship for a city. Antoine wants to discover, understand and respond to the needs of students and his team of teachers. He likes to look for new ways to create beautiful learning experiences.
Antoine Lamoot
Executive Director
Jurgita is from Vilnius, Lithuania. She has a Bachelor's degree in French Philology and she studied in Lithuania, Switzerland and Spain. She also has a Master’s degree in French from Université de Moncton and is certified as an examiner-corrector DELF/DALF. She has been living in Moncton since 2009. Fascinated by the teaching profession, her purpose is to pass on her love of the French language, while incorporating some fun activities into her courses. Her students describe her as kind and strict at the same time.
Jurgita Mataciunaite
Course Coordinator & Instructor
Laura is from Bordeaux, France. She has a Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics, specializing in teaching French as a Second Language. She also has a certification as an examiner-corrector DELF/DALF and a trainer for instructors to become examiner-corrector DELF/DALF. Serious, thorough discreet, Laura knows how to inspire confidence in her students.
Laura Chilon
Instructor
Mhammed is Moroccan Canadian. He studied linguistics and teaching French as a Second Language in Nancy, France. He has a Master's degree in Language Sciences and a degree from the École Normale. He is certified as an examiner-corrector DELF/ Dalf. His co-workers describe him as a calm person who is always ready to lend a hand. He seeks to build his students’ self-confidence and motivate them to want to learn French.
Mhammed El Ouazzani
Instructor
Sophie is from Normandie, France. She studied administration and management in Paris. She has a Master's degree in Applied Foreign Languages and a Post graduate degree in Business Administration. She also has a degree as an instructor of French as a Second Language (DAEFLE) and is certified as an examiner-corrector DELF/ DALF. Sophie is patient with her students and she takes time to match the objectives of the course with the student’s interests.
Sophie Gayer
Instructor
David Milette gets his passion for bilingualism from his home town of Montreal. His studies have included Pure and Applied Sciences (D.E.C., Vanier College, Montreal), Linguistics (B.A. spécialisation, Université de Montréal), Theology (M.Div., Brock University, Ontario), and Second Language Training (Adv.Certif. in TESL, Crandall University, Moncton). David enjoys getting to know new people and especially likes helping people to communicate better and to succeed in their various endeavours.
David Milette
Instructor
Sophie has worked for more than thirty years in the field of communications. She has been a journalist, a TV host, a researcher and a chronicler. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Education from the Université de Québec at Rimouski. She likes to create an atmosphere of pleasure and happiness in the learning of the French language.
Sophie Boucher
Instructor
Rémi is from Bourges, France. Curious about everything, he studied chemistry, Japanese and educational engineering. Rémi is dedicated to his student and he is always looking for new ways and new tools to facilitate the transmission and acquisition of knowledge.
Rémi Bénétreau Dupin
Instructor
Originally from Ontario, Gregory Durand is passionate about language and its various technicalities. He has a Bachelor of Arts (Canadian History and French) from the University of New Brunswick, as well as a Bachelor of Education from Crandall University. He is currently studying at the University of Moncton to earn a Bachelor of Translation. As a teacher for numerous years, he finds pleasure not only in teaching but in learning from his students.
Gregory Durand
Instructor
Ph.D student in french studies in the Moncton University, Daouda Diarra has a master’s degree in french and comparative literature obtained at the Paul Valery University of Montpellier 3 in France. Former student of Ecole Normale Supérieure of Bamako (Mali), he has a master’s degree in modern literature obtained in 2010. French-speaking enthusiast, Daouda is also writer, actor and director. Storyteller and playwright, he publishes with his brother Jamajiri ou l’arbre du peuple in 2015 in edilivre edition and then Prométhée noir, a historical play in 2016.
Daouda Diarra
Instructor
Bleuenn comes from Brittany, France, and settled in Moncton in 2007. Her passion for languages and passing on knowledge, led her to study English, translation and teaching French as a foreign language.