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Head First French

a.k.a. Tête la première

French from zero to NCLC 7, for people who already think in English and Chinese.

This course is for one kind of reader. Your English is good (around CLB 7 to 9), you grew up speaking Cantonese or Mandarin, and you need French at NCLC 7 on TEF Canada or TCF Canada. That's the level that earns French points in Express Entry.

You'll lean on both languages you already have. English hands you thousands of words for free, because about a third of English vocabulary came from French. Chinese hands you some sounds English speakers struggle with, like the u in tu, which is the vowel in 書 (syu1) or 魚 (yú).

Click any mot en rouge to hear it. Start with How to use this book.

What NCLC 7 means in exam points

You need NCLC 7 in all four skills, not on average!

Score bands from IRCC's language test equivalency charts. Check the IRCC site before you book a test, because they do get revised.

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