TEF/TCF B1 TEF · TCF Canada Small batches

TEF and TCF Canada B1 course

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) accepts both TEF Canada and TCF Canada for Express Entry. We start together at A1 and A2. From B1, you join a batch built around your test.

Duration6 months (2 × 3)
Each class3 hrs, incl. 15-min break
PlatformGoogle Meet
Fee₹21,800 per part₹43,600 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 · ₹21,800

    TEF/TCF B1.1

    • Month 1
      • Frames: « le cadre sémantique »
      • « Être » vs « avoir » in the « passé composé »
      • « Le passé composé » vs « l'imparfait »
      • « Les phrases conditionnelles avec si » (Types 1 and 2)
      • The Syllable: Structure in Standard French
      • French Vowels – IV: An Introduction to the Mid Vowels
    • Month 2
      • Prepositions and Verbs
      • « Le plus-que-parfait »
      • Logical Relations: Cause and Consequence
      • Verbal Periphrasis
      • Demonstrative Pronouns: « celui », « celle », « ceux », « celui-ci », etc.
      • Comparison and the Superlative
      • Indefinite Adjectives
      • Prepositions – I: « à »
      • French Vowels – V: The Mid Vowels in Final and Nonfinal Syllables
    • Month 3
      • Adverbs
      • Prepositions – II: « de »
      • Ordinal Numbers
      • Possessive Pronouns
      • « La loi de position » and Connected Speech
  • Part 23 months · ₹21,800

    TEF/TCF B1.2

    • Month 4
      • Relative Pronouns: « dont »
      • « Les phrases conditionnelles avec si » (Type 3) and « le conditionnel passé »
      • Indefinite Pronouns
      • Logical Relations: Opposition and Concession
      • « Le subjonctif présent »: Triggers and Core Uses
      • Advanced Negation: « ne… que », « ne… ni… ni… », « ne » explétif
      • Prepositions – III: « en » and « par »
      • French Consonants
    • Month 5
      • Compound Relative Pronouns: « lequel », « auquel », « duquel »
      • Emphasis: « la mise en relief »
      • Logical Relations: Purpose
      • « Le gérondif » and « le participe présent »
      • Object Pronouns: Combinations and Order
      • The Expression of Condition and Hypothesis
      • Tenses and Aspect – I: An Introduction
      • Prepositions – IV: Other Important Prepositions (« pour », « sur », « sous », « avec », « dans », etc.)
      • Vowel Harmony
    • Month 6
      • Adjectives: Position and Agreement
      • « Le futur antérieur »
      • Time-Based Expressions: « depuis », « pendant », « il y a », « dans », etc.
      • « La chronologie »: Expressing Time and Sequence
      • Tenses and Aspect – II: From B1 to B2
      • « Le e muet » and Intonation: An Introduction
What you can do at the end

B1 lets you describe experiences, hopes and ambitions, give brief reasons for your opinions and plans, and handle most situations when travelling where French is spoken.

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 A2.

  • You are preparing for permanent residence in Canada and sitting the TEF or the TCF.

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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