by Divya Singla | Oct 15, 2026 | Blog, How to Learn French
You understand French. You can follow a conversation. You know the vocabulary. You have studied grammar. You can understand most of what you read and hear. And yet, when you take a TCF or TEF Canada practice test, you sometimes get an answer wrong and immediately...
by Divya Singla | Sep 28, 2026 | Blog, DELF Exam Preparation Format & Strategies, French Learning Tips, How to Learn French, TCF Canada Format & Strategies, TCF Canada Preparation, TEF Canada Format & Strategies, TEF Canada Preparation, TEF/ TCF Canada Format & Strategies, TEF/ TCF Canada Preparation
One of the things that can make learning French unnecessarily confusing is the way we talk about levels. Someone says, “I am B1 in French,” and that is supposed to tell you something about their ability, but what does B1 actually mean in real life? Can they have a...
by Divya Singla | Sep 26, 2026 | Blog, French Grammar, French Learning Tips, French Vocabulary & Expressions, How to Learn French
There are some French mistakes that you simply never forget. Not because they were particularly complicated, but because you remember exactly when you made them, who was standing in front of you and the expression on their face when they realised what you had just...
by Divya Singla | Sep 24, 2026 | Blog, French Grammar, French Learning Tips, How to Learn French
There is a very particular kind of frustration that comes with learning French, and I think it is experienced by far more learners than we talk about. You have studied the grammar properly. You know how the tenses work, you understand the difference between passé...
by Divya Singla | Sep 22, 2026 | Blog, French Learning Tips, How to Learn French, TCF Canada Format & Strategies, TCF Canada Preparation, TEF Canada Format & Strategies, TEF Canada Preparation, TEF/ TCF Canada Format & Strategies, TEF/ TCF Canada Preparation
Yes. But if someone tells you that you can go from “Bonjour, je m’appelle…” to NCLC 7 in a few weeks, you should probably be suspicious. NCLC 7 is not beginner French. It means being able to understand, speak, read and write French at a level strong enough to meet a...
by Divya Singla | Sep 20, 2026 | Blog, French Learning Tips, How to Learn French
“You have to put yourself through multiple embarrassing situations to be able to learn a language.” I heard this years ago, at a time when I was struggling with French myself. And honestly, I didn’t particularly like hearing it. At that point, one of my biggest...
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