Welcome to Lessons With Stephanie! My name is Stephanie Dodaro, and I am a private English/ESL tutor and French tutor in New Orleans, LA. I offer customized lessons to your needs, whether to brush up on your language skills or to start learning for the first time. Contact me about packages and private lessons.
If you need translation, writing, editing, or homeschooling please see my Language Services page.
I offer lessons and consultations in person or via various online platforms.

Latest Blog Posts
- How to order coffee (and other drinks) in France
- March 26, 2026
- Ordering in restaurants was always one of the most difficult things I had to do in French in my early days of traveling overseas. I was often served something other than what I had expected. Learning a lot of menu items can be challenging; however, understanding coffee in France is especially complicated. This little guide […] Read More
- Tips To Improve Your Language Skills, Part 2
- July 8, 2022
- Tips To Improve Your Language Skills, Part 2 See part one in the previous post. To continue our discussion on tips to improving your language skills, next up is: Teach Someone Else This may seem strange or even hard to imagine for some people, but it does work! If you feel as if your language […] Read More
- Useful Tips To Improve Your Language Skills Part 1
- June 14, 2022
- Here Are Several Tips To Improve Your Language Skills Part 1: My students often ask me how they can improve their language skills. Of course there are some obvious answers, but sometimes it is not such a simple question. My answer really does depend on the student’s situation, where they live, what their level is […] Read More
About Stephanie
Stephanie is a professional teacher with more than 15 years of experience. She earned her Bachelor’s and her Master’s Degree in French from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL, formerly USL), a TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) certificate, and has recently earned a FLE Certificate (Français langue étrangère). She has taught English (ESL) and French in various capacities (junior high, high school, college, graduate school and institutes) in the US and overseas in Japan….Read More >>>
Stephanie is available for one-on-one lessons or small groups on-site or distance learning online or correspondence. Package rates and referral discounts are available.


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