TEF Canada vs DELF: The Exam Confusion That Costs You a Year TEF or TCF? Same French, two very different exams — here's the one decision that saves you a year. Hi Reader, In 2021, if you asked a French tutor about the TEF Canada exam, most of them looked at you blank. Nobody knew it - not the tutors, neither the institutes, nor YouTube. There was no channel, no influencer, no clear guide. Everyone was teaching DELF. A1, A2, B1. So that is what I learned – "DELF". I gave the A2 level three...
4 days ago • 2 min read
Hardest Part of TEF Has Nothing to Do With French I want to start this newsletter the way I wish someone had started one for me. With the truth. Not the highlight reel. Not the "I did it and so can you!" poster. The real, quiet, slightly shaky truth of what this journey actually feels like. So here it is. We took a family trip to Rishikesh after I got my Canadian PR.It was supposed to be a celebration. And it was. But something else happened there that I did not see coming. I sat by the Ganga...
8 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader I want to tell you about the day I almost could not hear my own TEF examiner. Not because the room was loud. Because I was wearing a mask. And my spectacles were completely fogged up. Let me back up. It was COVID. I was living in Faridabad, and there was not a single TEF exam centre anywhere close. Not one. So I waited. And waited. Six full months before I got a date. February 20th. I remember it exactly. The relief of finally having a date lasted about 48 hours. Then the reality...
17 days ago • 2 min read