7 LESSONS
TEF Canada foundations course
Work through the lessons in order, or choose the skill you want to strengthen. Each lesson ends with a checkpoint and an explanation.
- 01
Your first useful French conversation
Introduce yourself, explain what you need and ask someone to help you understand.
20 min · Free lesson · Lesson and checkpoint
- 02
Hear French as sound groups
Connect spelling to sound without trying to pronounce every written letter.
20 min · Free lesson · Lesson and checkpoint
- 03
Être and avoir: identity, age and needs
Build sentences with the two verbs you will use every day.
20 min · Premium lesson · Lesson and checkpoint
- 04
Talk about your day in the present
Learn verb families, then recognise where a familiar pattern stops working.
20 min · Premium lesson · Lesson and checkpoint
- 05
Ask questions you can build on
Ask about time, place, price and conditions, then respond to what you hear.
20 min · Premium lesson · Lesson and checkpoint
- 06
Say no, not yet and no longer
Small negative words can reverse the meaning of a notice or a conversation.
20 min · Premium lesson · Lesson and checkpoint
- 07
Numbers, appointments and deadlines
Understand the details that change where you go, what you pay and when you act.
20 min · Premium lesson · Lesson and checkpoint