TEF or TCF? Choosing the right French exam for Express Entry
Both are accepted, both map to the NCLC scale, and they are not equally easy for everyone. Here is how to choose.
Passé composé vs imparfait, explained without the jargon
Forget ‘completed action’ and ‘ongoing state’. There is a simpler question that gets it right almost every time.
The nine French sounds English speakers get wrong (and how to fix them)
Accent is not a talent. It is nine specific physical habits, and each one can be fixed in about a week.
Learning French in Toronto: a realistic guide to your options
Apps, school boards, community classes, private tutors and online courses — what each is genuinely good at.
How long does it really take to learn French?
Honest numbers, the variables that actually move them, and why the hardest stretch is not the beginning.
Helping with French Immersion homework when you do not speak French
You can be genuinely useful to a child in Immersion without knowing a word of French. Here is how.