Who we are?

Founded in 2020, GODEBY is a multilingual agency offering language and communication services. Our language courses, available at all levels, enable you to speak confidently and quickly. Building on our strong reputation in the expatriate community, thanks to our founder, we provide solid expertise for all your linguistic needs in five languages. Language is your key to a new world—let’s forge it together!

The TEAM

We are all polyglots, passionate about languages, and eager to share and help. Our common goal is to see you achieve your objectives and projects. We will do everything individually and collectively to ensure your success.

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Isabelle Godeby

“She didn’t know it was impossible, so she did it.” This is from Mark Twain.

I didn’t quite understand why the French language was so complicated, so I went to study it with the greatest experts at the best universities. I became an expert. I didn’t understand why it was so hard for some people to learn, so I developed methods to make learning easier for them. And so on. My curiosity guided me to places few people can imagine. After many adventures, I realized that I am a “problem solver” and that I love challenges. With this company, our services, and my excellent team, this is what I want you to benefit from. There are only the limits we set for ourselves.

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I have been working for GODEBY for almost 3 years, and I still enjoy the challenge it presents. I love helping you understand, learn, and communicate. Each person has their own specific needs, and I enjoy adapting to each one.

Being a native French speaker, I had the chance to learn English while living in South Africa and then in Canada during my childhood. I also learned Spanish and the basics of German through my schooling, but mostly by traveling!
Outside of work, I love traveling, doing sports (any kind!), listening to music, starting new projects for which I initially have no skills, and always learning more about topics that I’m passionate about.

Émilie Zoller

First and foremost, I grew up in a bilingual environment (French and Spanish). Throughout my life and experiences, I became aware of the importance of languages, both for conveying messages and for building connections between people. Learning English has equipped me with a linguistic trio that opens doors to encounters all around the world.

I am fluent in French, Spanish, and English.
Besides languages, I enjoy sports (pole dancing and volleyball), nature walks, and, as a true homebody, I love watching movies with a good cup of tea and some popcorn.

Jeff Chahda

Bilingual from birth and a certified teacher for both languages, I coach and passionately teach French and English to professionals or individuals. I make our sessions relevant and engaging, helping you communicate very effectively.

Of course, French and English, but I also have a good grasp of Dutch after spending a year in Amsterdam.
I enjoy running, doing fitness, and I’m interested in martial arts.

Who's next?

Michèle Fedi

Language has something magical: it is inexhaustible and infinitely variable. It can change our vision and sensations. It makes us happy, builds, liberates, and brings peace. That’s why languages fascinate me.

I speak German, English, French, and I have some knowledge of Latin, Italian, and soon Spanish.
I love stories and the art of conveying them, so you’ll often find me at the theater, the cinema, and the museum.

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Testimonials

Learning French with you was an amazing experience, thanks to your capacity to adapt to any type of conversation. I had a lot of fun during this pleaseant journey and I would recommend you as a nice and professional teacher to my colleagues and friends.

The experience was largely excellent. Isabelle is a kind and warm person with true teaching skills. I received personal recommendation to learn better and progress. This was ongoing and crucial. And it was essential to my progress. Life often got in the way, and Isabelle was able to easily pivot. The material was plentiful and helpful. I enjoyed the most the personal attention to learning goals and styles. Isabelle is clearly a linguistic expert. Thank you so much for your work and persistence!

Isabelle est une professeure fantastique. Elle m’a aidée à une phase critique de ma préparation à l’examen DELF A2. Elle est très rigoureuse et elle m’a donné beaucoup de conseils pour améliorer ma confiance.

Isabelle is a very kind and professional person. Learning with her is a pleasure and fun! Thanks to the French course you led for us in Switzerland! I was able to understand basic communication in French (incl. Official commune letters) in just few months!!! Merci beaucoup!

Isabelle est une prof amusante et bienveillante. Elle trouve toujours une façon créative et intéressante de m’enseigner de nouvelles choses. Chaque fois que j’ai une question, elle est prête à y répondre et à approfondir le sujet ; et elle peut aussi m’aider pour mes devoirs en français donnés par l’école. Et au final, je comprends et je parle toujours mieux le français.

I contacted Godeby as I started a new sales role. I found my French coach, Isabelle. I was really impressed by her communication style and enthusiasm. She is the perfect language coach: patient, available, kind, yet genuinely motivated to help me improve, and works to find practical logic, and similarities between English and French. 1 hour per week, we corrected my pitch, sales emails, and aligned it with my employer’s marketing collateral. I am so happy that I chose Godeby, and so grateful for the confidence that she gave me when speaking French.

The approach is highly personalised, friendly and supportive, which has helped me tremendously with my confidence to learn.

Isabelle is a passionate and dedicated professional who is committed to the success of her students. I definitely benefited from her tailor-made approach and lessons, particularly in terms of my confidence in using spoken and written French at work. I can confidently recommend her as a teacher for students with differing levels and language development needs.

Isabelle is an adaptable, keen, and attentive teacher that I highly recommend to anyone looking to quickly learn a foreign language. Her classes are immersive and designed specifically for each student. My husband and I both took French (starting A1) and we progressed differently through separate lesson formats that suited both our professional and personal backgrounds with necessary tweaks for our own learning preferences. The lessons were fun and built confidence regardless of skill. Not to mention, she is a very kind person with a wit to match!

J’ai vraiment apprécié les conseils qu’Isabelle m’a donnés et tout le matériel reçu ; sa disposition pour adapter les cours à mes besoins particuliers du moment et son intérêt pour m’accompagner dans mon apprentissage et mon installation à Paris.

Isabelle Godeby was my first teacher of French language when I moved from Serbia to Switzerland. Beside that she is French girl highly educated in French, she has great attitude. She is friendly and open minded person with high level of English language. She has demonstrated a lot of patience and pedagogical features working with me. She helped me to make very good beginner base and thanks to her I had a good start with French language.

When you are busy with professional work and at the same time you decide to learn French it is not easy to connect all of it together. Isabelle and her team will help you to put all of it together.