About French Kaliké
I'm Rohan Murti, the teacher behind French Kaliké. I teach every batch from A1 to C2 myself, so the person you meet in your demo lesson is the person who takes you all the way through.
My background shapes the way I teach. I hold the Diplôme approfondi de langue française (DALF) C2, I've worked as a French medical interpreter, and I'm an aspiring linguist hoping to do a PhD in the field of phonology. In class, that means we look at how French is actually spoken, not only at how textbooks say it should be, and we work on your pronunciation from the very first level. I've taught this way online for more than seven years, to students in India and abroad.
Most of my students prepare for one of three exams:
- Test d'évaluation de français (TEF)
- Test de connaissance du français (TCF)
- Diplôme d'études en langue française (DELF)
They study French for permanent residency (PR) in Canada, for a university place in France, or because the language interests them.
Meet your teacher
Rohan's route into teaching ran through interpreting, not through a classroom. Working as a French medical interpreter meant carrying meaning between two languages while a patient waited for an answer. That work teaches you where a language breaks down for a speaker, and it teaches you quickly.
My qualifications
DALF C2 in French. C2 is the top band of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Worked as a French medical interpreter. Interpreting demanded precision under time pressure, in a setting where an approximate word is not good enough.
More than seven years teaching French online. I have taught students from across India, and from Canada, the United States, France, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Australia.
Why a linguist teaches French differently
I am training as a linguist, so I treat French sounds as a system rather than as a list to memorise. A sound feels difficult to a learner because it does not exist in the language that learner already speaks. Once you know which sound is missing and why, you can build it. That single idea shapes every class I teach.
What "Kaliké" means
Kaliké comes from the Kannada word kalike, which means "learning". It is pronounced /kɐlike/. I chose a Kannada word because the school teaches French to Indians in their own linguistic terms. The name says so before the first lesson begins.
How I teach French through the sounds of your own language
Every learner struggles with a different set of French sounds, and the set depends on the language they grew up speaking. A Kannada speaker and a Bangla speaker arrive with different problems, so giving both the same correction wastes their time.
Take the French word thé, meaning tea. The <th> in thé is not the <th> that a Kannada speaker or a Bangla speaker already produces in their own language. So I do three things, in order.
- 1
I find the nearest sound in the student's mother tongue and draw the parallel.
- 2
I explain why the French sound is hard for that particular speaker, which is that the sound is absent from their language.
- 3
We build the sound together, over repeated attempts.
Compare that with the usual instruction, which is to repeat the word until it sounds right. Repetition without diagnosis leaves the student guessing. A student who understands why a sound is difficult can correct themselves after the class ends, and that is the point.
How the classes actually run
Classes run over Google Meet, which is a deliberate choice rather than a default. Everything a student needs works inside a browser, on an ordinary connection, from any city.
Format and length
Each course runs for three months. The A1 and A2 classes run for two hours, including a ten-minute break. From B1.1 upward the classes run for three hours, including a fifteen-minute break, because the syllabus and the exam tasks both grow.
Recordings
A section of each class recording goes to students after every class, for revision.
How progress is measured
Evaluation is continuous. Students speak in every class, and they complete listening, reading and writing assignments every week. I see the same errors repeat across weeks, so the correction lands where it matters rather than arriving in a single end-of-term test.
Group classes only
I do not teach one-to-one classes. The batches are small enough that every student speaks in every class, and I track each student's progress individually. Students who want silence at the back of a large classroom find this uncomfortable, which is intentional.
Courses and levels
The courses follow the CEFR ladder, from A1 to C2. The A1 and A2 courses are common to both examination tracks, and the tracks separate from B1 onward.
Each course page sets out the syllabus, the schedule and the fee for that level. The full course list with current batch dates carries the rest.
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A1 · A2
TEF/TCF/DELF A1 and TEF/TCF/DELF A2
One batch serves candidates for every exam at these levels.
Duration3 months eachEach class2 hrs, incl. 10-min breakSee courses -
DELF
DELF B1.1, B1.2, B2.1 and B2.2
For candidates sitting the DELF.
Duration3 months per partEach class3 hrs, incl. 15-min breakSee courses -
TEF/TCF
TEF/TCF B1.1, B1.2, B2.1 and B2.2
For candidates sitting the TEF or the TCF.
Duration3 months per partEach class3 hrs, incl. 15-min breakSee courses -
C1
TEF/TCF/DALF C1.1 and C1.2
For the DALF C1 and top TEF and TCF scores.
Duration3 months per partEach class3 hrs, incl. 15-min breakSee courses -
C2
C2.1 and C2.2
French literature, from the seventeenth century to today.
Duration3 months per partEach class3 hrs, incl. 15-min breakSee courses -
Sound
Advanced Pronunciation and Speaking (DELF/TEF/TCF)
Open to students who have completed B1.2 at French Kaliké.
Duration3 monthsEach class3 hrsSee courses
Who I teach
Three groups make up most of my students. The first group prepares for permanent residency in Canada, and those students sit the TEF or the TCF. The second group applies to study in France, and those students sit the DELF. The third group studies French because the language interests them, with no exam in view.
My students are mostly Indian or of Indian origin, and they live across the country and outside it. Choosing between the two Canadian exams confuses most applicants at the start, so I help each of them pick the right one before they start.
What students say
Reviews sit on my Google Business Profile and on Reddit, written by students without being asked. Read them there rather than taking my description of them.
83 reviews on Google
What I don't do
Four things fall outside what I offer, and stating them saves everyone time.
No one-to-one classes.
Group batches only.
No guaranteed pass.
Passing depends most on attending class regularly, doing your homework and working on my feedback. Most students who do this pass with flying colours, but every student learns differently and at their own pace. The result takes equal effort from you and from me.
No claim to be first.
I do not know another teacher in India who teaches French sounds by contrast with the student's mother tongue. I cannot prove that nobody does. So I describe the method instead of claiming a record.
No fluency in thirty days.
Each CEFR level takes a three-month course, and the timeline reflects it.
Start with a free demo lesson
Watch a free demo lesson before paying anything. It is a recording of a real class, so you see how the pronunciation work happens, and decide afterwards.
Students who are not ready to book can join the waitlist for the next batch instead. The batch dates stay visible without anyone needing to message me.