You don't know where to start, and studying alone kills your motivation by week two.
That's what you told me. So instead of handing you one more app to open alone, Érable gives you twenty minutes a day, guided step by step: exactly what to study today, native audio, speaking and writing feedback, and a full exam simulator. Built for TEF and TCF Canada, from zero French.
One payment. Four months of access. No subscription.
One payment. No subscription, no renewal.
- Starts at absolute zero, no French needed
- Built for TEF / TCF Canada, all four skills
- 20 minutes a day, told exactly what to study
- A private group so you're not doing it alone
My story
I needed a French score to stay in the country I'd already made home.
KatherineImmigrant in Canada, learning French for the points
The deadline is the part nobody warns you about. Studying French while working full-time feels like a second job, and every week the profile sits there ticking.
I opened the usual apps and after two months I could name animals and order coffee. Nothing in them looked like the exam I actually had to pass, and the courses I found cost hundreds of dollars.
So I went looking for what research says about learning a language fast as an adult, and I found a method studied in classrooms since the 1970s: calm state first, a lot of listening, music underneath, then speaking out loud before you feel ready. The problem was that nobody had put it in a phone.
Érable is that: one guided session a day, in a fixed order, with the vocabulary, speaking corrections and exam simulator I wanted for myself.
How it works
Exam-ready in 30 minutes a day, not fluent in five years.
Nothing here is general French. Every session trains the three things the TEF and TCF actually score you on: understanding fast speech, speaking without freezing, and handling the test under time pressure.
Native ear training
Every conversation is recorded by real French voices at natural speed, so the exam audio doesn't freeze you on test day.
Instant speaking corrections
Say the sentence out loud and see word by word what came out right, before you ever sit in front of an examiner.
A real TEF/TCF simulator
All four skills on a timer, with a score, an estimated level and the corrections, so you book the date knowing where you stand.
Honest note: the plan and the practice are here, the hours are yours. No app can guarantee an exam score.
See inside the app
This is what opens on your phone, from day one.
Not a PDF and not a video course. A real app you install on your home screen.
Unit 3 · Step 2 of 5
Guided listening
« Bonjour, je voudrais ouvrir un compte. »
Hello, I'd like to open an account.
Two native voices, real conversation speed
Speaking check
Say it out loud
Je voudrais ouvrir un compte
Green is what you nailed. Red is what to try again.
Corrections in seconds, no tutor needed
TEF simulator
Reading · Section A
09:42Estimated level
B2 · NCLC 7
All four skills, scored and corrected
Here's everything you get
Six things a tutor would charge you hundreds for
One session waiting for you, every day
Five steps in a fixed order. No deciding, no planning, no guilt about what you should be doing instead. You open it and start.
From zero to the level the points ask for
Twelve weeks built around real Canadian life: housing, banking, health, work, immigration paperwork. Nothing about croissants.
Speaking corrections you can trust
Say it out loud, get told in green what was right. No tutor who takes your money and corrects nothing.
Words that come back before you forget them
Roughly 2,500 words and phrases, resurfaced on schedule so the hours you already put in don't leak away.
TEF/TCF simulator, all four skills
Timed reading, listening, writing and speaking, with an estimated level, so you stop guessing whether you're ready and book the date.
In your pocket, for the ten minutes you actually find
Add it to your home screen. It works on the bus, at lunch, at 5 a.m. before the house wakes up. No app store, works offline.
Founder access
Four months of full access — one payment of $27 CAD.
Built for TEF and TCF Canada. Twenty minutes a day in the app: the 12-week programme, the exam simulator and the Interactive Cheat Sheet Templates, all included.
Open and practise 20 minutes
The app tells you exactly what to do today. No planning, no guessing, no blank page.
Listen and speak out loud
Native French audio at real speed, then you speak into the mic and get feedback in seconds.
Sit the exam simulator
All four skills on a timer, with corrections and an estimated level, so you book your date knowing where you stand.
$27 CAD
Around 20 cents a day. No subscription, no renewal.
- Four months of full, unrestricted access to everything in Érable
- A guided 20-minute session waiting for you every single day
- Native French audio, speaking checks and writing feedback
- The full TEF / TCF Canada simulator, all four skills on a timer
- The Interactive Cheat Sheet Templates included at no extra cost
One payment. Your access opens immediately.
This price disappears on October 5. This is the only time Érable will ever be offered at $27 CAD.
After October 5, Érable moves to its regular price and this founder offer will not come back.
Why this is different
I know, another language app. Here's the honest comparison.
What you've already tried
- $300–$750 courses, and tutors who take the money without correcting you
- Popular language apps: two months in, you can name animals, not pass an exam
- Practice test banks (~$60/year) that assume you already speak French and only test you
- Multiple choice on a screen, so you never actually practice speaking
- Prep platforms with repetitive exercises that feel nothing like the real test
- Classes at a fixed hour you can't make, with a job and a kid
- You decide every day what to study, so on the hard days you don't
With Érable
- A fraction of a tutor's price, paid once, with no subscription and nothing renewing
- Takes you from zero, step by step, to exam level, pointed at TEF/TCF Canada
- You speak into the mic and get pronunciation feedback on every unit
- A timed simulator so you know your level before you pay the exam fee
- Fits the hours you actually have, at whatever time you have them
- The app opens on the exact step you left off, even after a bad week
One payment. Nothing renews, ever.
No subscription, no contract, no card kept running in the background. You pay once, you get 30 days, and then it simply ends unless you decide otherwise. Your progress stays yours.
One honest note: results depend on you. Érable gives you the plan, the practice and the corrections, but the hours are yours to put in. No app, and no tutor, can promise a TEF or TCF Canada score, an NCLC level, or an immigration outcome.
Before you start
Questions people ask me
What exactly do I get?
Four months of full access to Érable, with a guided 20-minute session waiting for you every day, the 12-week programme, the exam simulator and the Interactive Cheat Sheet Templates included. You start the moment you pay.
Is this a subscription? Will I be charged again?
No. It is one payment of $27 CAD for four months of access. Nothing renews. If you want to keep going afterwards, that is your choice, never automatic.
Can I use it if I'm a complete beginner?
Yes. Week one starts at absolute zero, with the sounds and your first full sentences. Where you land depends on where you start and how consistent you are, but you will never be left wondering what to study.
Can I actually practise speaking?
Yes. You speak into your microphone and get suggested pronunciation and grammar feedback in seconds, plus writing feedback on real exam-style tasks. That is the whole reason I built it.
There are cheaper resources that give you a whole year. Why this?
If one of those already gives you structure and gets you speaking every day, honestly use it. Practice test banks assume you already speak French and only test you. This tells you what to do each day, makes you speak out loud, and corrects you.
Which exam is it for?
TEF Canada and TCF Canada, the two exams accepted for Canadian permanent residence outside Quebec. The simulator covers all four skills.
I work full-time. Is 20 minutes a day enough?
Twenty minutes a day is the whole point: enough to build the habit and keep moving without burning out. Longer sessions go faster, and the app keeps the plan for you either way.
Do I need to download it from the App Store?
No. Open it in your browser and tap "Add to Home Screen". It sits on your phone like any other app.
What happens after the four months?
Your access simply ends, with nothing charged. If you want to keep preparing until your exam date, you can continue at the price available then. Because access is digital and immediate, the payment is not refundable.
Thirty days from now, you could have a daily French habit that sticks.
Not another month of losing steam on your own. Twenty minutes a day, speaking out loud, with a group that starts on the same Monday you do.
One payment. Four months of full access, no subscription.
P.S. If the nerves are the worst part, the blanking out, the feeling that you were delusional to try, is exactly what this method was designed to take off you. You don't need talent. You need a plan that fits the hours you actually have.
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