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How it works

La Recette

Four ingredients, one goal: the method the exam itself uses, a Path built for you, a coach who corrects your French, and Pochette beside you every day.

Our method

Built on the official exam guidelines

We prepare you with the rules the exam itself uses. Every practice test, every correction and every Path follows the public documentation of the bodies that run the exams.

  1. The official format

    The same number of questions, the same task types and the same time limits, with a timer kept on our server so practice feels like the real room.

  2. The official criteria

    Writing and speaking are marked against the published assessment grid: task completion, coherence, vocabulary range and grammatical control.

  3. CEFR levels, NCLC goals

    Everything is placed on the Common European Framework, from A1 to C2, and converted to the NCLC levels immigration programs ask for.

TCF Canada, as the exam runs it
Listening comprehension
39 · 35 min
Reading comprehension
39 · 60 min
Written expression
3 · 60 min
Oral expression
3 · 12 min

Sources: the public documentation of France Education International and CCI Paris Île-de-France. French in Pocket is independent and not affiliated with either.

Your Path

A plan built from where you are and where you need to be

Tell us your level, your target and the time you have. Your Path spreads the four skills across the weeks before your exam and schedules a coach review at the points where it counts.

Your level ·
NCLC 5 (B1)
Your goal ·
NCLC 7 (B2)
Your exam ·
in 8 weeks
Each week ·
5 hours

  1. Week 1

    • Reading
    • Writing

  2. Week 2

    • Writing
    • Speaking

  3. Week 3

    • Speaking
    • Listening

  4. Week 4

    Coach Review
    • Listening
    • Writing

  1. Week 5

    • Reading
    • Writing

  2. Week 6

    • Writing
    • Speaking

  3. Week 7

    • Speaking
    • Listening

  4. Week 8

    Coach Review
    • Listening
    • Writing
  5. Exam readyNCLC 7 (B2)

Example Path. Yours fits the weeks before your exam, from 4 to 12, or follows the gap between your level and your goal when no date is booked.

Coach Review

A person reads every word

Automatic scoring can tell you a number. A coach tells you why, and what to change. That is what moves a score.

  1. 1

    Answer in exam conditions

    Write a task or record a spoken answer in Studio, with the official timing.

  2. 2

    A certified examiner corrects it

    Line by line, on the official criteria: what works, what costs you points, and a better way to say it.

  3. 3

    Learn from it

    Your correction arrives in your account, with an email, ready to reread before your next attempt.

While you wait, an instant automatic check gives you a first score, so you can keep practising.

Ask for a Coach Review whenever you need one: $25, or $19 with Mentor.

What your coach looks at

The four criteria the exam uses, marked on your own text or recording, with the one thing to fix first.

What you get back

  • Corrections written on your own text or transcript
  • A score for each criterion
  • A note on what to change first
  • An email when it is ready
Example
Writing, task 2

  • Task completion

    the instructions, the length and the register

  • Coherence

    how your ideas are organised and linked

  • Vocabulary

    range and precision

  • GrammarChange first

    control of structures and agreement

Change first

Past participle agreement: most of the errors in this text come from it. Check every verb in the passé composé before you send.

Sent by email when it is ready

Pochette

A study companion who keeps you on track

Pochette lives in the app with you. It notices what you do, reacts to it, and keeps the habits that move a score.

Spaced review, on schedule

Your mistakes become Memo cards, and each one comes back just before you would forget it. Pochette points you to the cards due today.

Feedback as you work

Bravo when you get it right, a word of courage when you do not, and a coffee break between the sections of a mock exam.

Lessons that match you

Tell Pochette what you enjoy when you sign up, travel, cinema or work, and it picks the lessons you will want to open.

Help on every page

Ask Pochette how anything works, in your language. When it cannot answer, a person from our team does.

SoonTips, examples and a little humour shaped by your background and culture.

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