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Free French courses, level C1 (Advanced)

You understand long, demanding texts and implicit meaning, express yourself fluently and spontaneously, and use French effectively for work and study.

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What you can do at C1

You understand long, demanding texts and implicit meaning, express yourself fluently and spontaneously, and use French effectively for work and study.

At C1, the focus is nuance: concession, formal register, the passive and nominalisation, irony and implicit meaning.

Exam lessons at level C1

Each levelled course (TCF, TEF) has one full lesson per level.

  1. C1

    From the course · TCF Canada Listening: A1 to C2

    C1 · Debates, implicit meaning and attitude

    Understand what is suggested without being said: doubt, irony, criticism, concession.

    14 min10 activities
  2. C1

    From the course · TCF Canada Reading: A1 to C2

    C1 · Essays: implicit meaning and intention

    Read demanding argumentative texts and infer what the author implies, criticises or suggests.

    14 min10 activities
  3. C1

    From the course · TCF Canada Writing: A1 to C2

    C1 · Compare two views and argue with nuance

    Write task 3: summarise two opposing documents, compare them and defend a nuanced position.

    16 min9 activities
  4. C1

    From the course · TCF Canada Speaking: A1 to C2

    C1 · Nuance, concede and handle objections

    Speak like a C1 user: qualify your opinion, admit the other side, reformulate and keep control of the discussion.

    15 min9 activities
  5. C1

    From the course · TCF Canada Grammar & Vocabulary: A1 to C2

    C1 · The passive, the gerund and nominalisation

    Master the structures of formal French: the passive voice, the gerund and present participle, and nominalisation.

    14 min9 activities
  6. C1

    From the course · TEF Canada & TEFAQ Listening: A1 to C2

    C1 · Debates and commentaries

    Follow several speakers in a debate, understand their strategies and the commentator’s tone.

    15 min9 activities
  7. C1

    From the course · TEF Canada Reading: A1 to C2

    C1 · Opinion pieces: tone and intention

    Analyse opinion columns and letters to the editor: the thesis, the tone, the intention and the implicit.

    14 min8 activities
  8. C1

    From the course · TEF Canada Writing: A1 to C2

    C1 · Section B: the argued letter

    Write the letter of section B: react to a statement, defend your position with structured arguments, at least 200 words.

    17 min8 activities
  9. C1

    From the course · TEF Canada & TEFAQ Speaking: A1 to C2

    C1 · Answer objections and persuade

    Handle every objection of section B: acknowledge, reframe, propose a solution, and keep the friendly tone.

    15 min8 activities
  10. C1

    From the course · TEF Canada Grammar & Vocabulary: A1 to C2

    C1 · Administrative and formal French

    Understand and use the structures of official texts: impersonal forms, the passive, nominalisation and formal vocabulary.

    14 min8 activities

Courses at level C1