Quebec French from Zero: Sounds & Spelling (L1)

By the end

What you'll build

• Produce the affrication that marks Quebec French: tu, dire, dimanche, tuque
• Hear and make the vowel distinctions Quebec kept — brun/brin, pâte/patte, maître/mettre
• Recognise diphthongised long vowels and laxed vowels in closed syllables
• Understand vernacular forms — moé, toé, chu, y, a, pis — without needing to produce them
• Read Quebec French aloud and be understood in Montreal, Quebec City or Saguenay
• Know which features are standard register and which are informal

Curriculum

What's inside

4 modules · 25 lessons

1. 01

   What Makes It Québécois

   8 lessons
   • Find Your Level — Read This First
   • Find Your Level — 5-Minute Placement Checkquiz
   • Welcome — Same Spelling, Different Language in the Mouth
   • Affrication — The Signature Soundpronunciation card
   • Listening: Affrication in the Wildlistening lab
   • + 3 more lessons
2. 02

   The Rest of the Sound System

   6 lessons
   • Laxing, Diphthongs and Final Consonants
   • Standard or Vernacular?fill blank
   • The Vernacular Contractions
   • Listening: Real Montreal Speechlistening lab
   • Tongue Twisters: The Quebec Settongue twister
   • + 1 more lesson
3. 03

   Writing Versus Speaking

   5 lessons
   • The Diglossia — Two Registers, One Language
   • Written or Spoken?fill blank
   • Speaking Lab: Read a Quebec Menuspeaking lab
   • Word Power: Quebec Words That Aren't French Frenchword power
   • Listening: Radio-Canada Versus the Kitchenlistening lab
4. 04

   Putting It Together

   6 lessons
   • The Complete Quebec Sound Map
   • Reading Quebec French Aloudfill blank
   • Listening: A Full Quebec Passagelistening lab
   • Flashcards: The Quebec Sound Systemflashcard sr
   • Final Check: Sounds & Spellingquiz
   • + 1 more lesson

The shape of it

How this course works