After studying Liberal Arts (Lettres modernes) at Université de Paris Nanterre, then Sciences and techniques of expression and communication at Université de Paris XIII, Jacques Jeudy began to teach French as a foreign language (FLE) in 1981. During his career, he has been deputy director of an FLE school in Paris, head of language courses for adults in Montpellier and then founder and educational director of a linguistic institute in Paris. He has also worked with many companies such as Total, IBM, Microsoft, Daewoo, Henkel and BASF and at the International Institute for Educational Planning (Unesco). He has been a teacher at Beaux-Arts de Paris since 2008 and includes work on methodology, practical life, current affairs, culture and civilisation in his lessons.