C1 DALF · TEF · TCF Small batches

DALF C1, TEF and TCF C1 course

C1 is where French starts to feel like yours. My two C1 courses prepare you for the Diplôme approfondi de langue française (DALF) C1 and for top TEF and TCF scores. The pronunciation work at this level covers Québécois French.

Duration6 months (2 × 3)
Each class3 hrs, incl. 15-min break
PlatformGoogle Meet
Fee₹25,800 per part₹51,600 for both parts

Fees are payable in advance and are non-refundable.

Course structure

Month-by-month syllabus

These are the grammar topics for each month. On top of them, you speak in every class, and I evaluate your speaking, writing, reading and listening continuously.

  • Part 13 months · ₹25,800

    C1.1

    • Month 1
      • Revision: « le subjonctif »
      • « Tout »: Adjective, Pronoun and Adverb, Plus « même » and « autre »
      • Pronominal Verbs: Idiomatic Senses and Past Participle Agreement
      • The Subjunctive in Relative Clauses and After Superlatives
      • The Vowel System of Québécois French: Introduction and Comparison
      • Québécois French Vowels: Length
    • Month 2
      • Revision: « le discours rapporté »
      • Temporal Conjunctions and Mood: « avant que », « après que », « jusqu'à ce que », « dès que »
      • Relative Pronouns After Prepositions: « ce à quoi », « ce par quoi », « quiconque »
      • Exclamative Sentences
      • Québécois French Vowels: Laxing (Pretonic Laxing and Laxing Harmony)
      • Québécois French Vowels: Diphthongization and Devoicing
    • Month 3
      • Proportional Comparison: « plus… plus », « d'autant plus que »
      • « Si » Beyond Conditionals: Interrogative, Suggestive and Concessive Uses
      • Québécois French Vowels: The Low Vowels /a/ and /ɑ/, the Lowering of /ɛ/, and the Diphthong « oi »
      • Québécois French Vowels: Nasalized Vowels and Vowel Deletion
      • « Le e muet » (Schwa) in Québécois French
  • Part 23 months · ₹25,800

    C1.2

    • Month 4
      • Revision: Object Pronouns (« en », « y »)
      • Gender of Nouns: Irregular Gender, Feminization of Professions, Compound Nouns
      • Past Participle Agreement: Complex Cases (With Infinitives, « coûté », « vécu », Collective Subjects)
      • Québécois French Consonants: Assibilation
      • Québécois French Consonants: Final Consonant Deletion, Retention and Insertion
      • Québécois French Consonants: Nasal Assimilation and Velarization
    • Month 5
      • Verbal Valency: Transitive and Intransitive Uses, Verbs with Two Constructions
      • « Le » as a Neuter and Attributive Pronoun
      • Subject Pronouns in Québécois French
      • Direct Object Pronouns and Articles in Québécois French
      • Complex Cases in Québécois French: Indirect Objects, Gemination and Fusion
      • The Phoneme /ʁ/ and Its Realizations
      • Residual Phenomena: « h », Mellowing, and the Loss of /ʁ/ and /l/
    • Month 6
      • Revision: Tenses and Aspect
      • Lexical Aspect: How Verb Meaning Shapes Tense Choice
      • Prosody of Québécois French: Length and Stress
      • Intonation and Tone in Québécois French
      • Morphophonology of Québécois French: Summary of Rules
      • Phonological Synthesis: Québécois French and Standard French Compared
What you can do at the end

C1 lets you follow long, demanding texts, catch what's implied, and use French fluently and flexibly at work, at university and socially.

Every class

How my online French classes work

  • Every class is live on Google Meet. Nothing is pre-recorded.

  • I keep batches small: enough people to hold a real conversation, and few enough that I hear each of you speak in every class.

  • A section of each class recording goes to students after every class, for revision.

  • Evaluation is continuous. You speak in every class and complete weekly listening, reading and writing tasks, so we both know where you stand long before exam day.

Is this course right for you?

This course is a good fit if

  • You have finished B2.

  • You are aiming for the DALF C1 or top TEF and TCF scores.

Another option may suit you better if

  • You want one-to-one classes. I teach group batches only.

  • You want a guaranteed pass. Success in an exam depends most on attending class regularly, doing your homework and working on my feedback. Most students who do this pass with flying colours, but students learn differently and at different rates, so I don't guarantee a result. It takes equal effort from you and from me.

  • You want fluency in thirty days. Each CEFR level takes a three-month course.

  • You want recorded lessons to watch on your own schedule. Classes are live, and the short recording I send afterwards is for revision.

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