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Quebec French from Zero: Sounds & Spelling (L1)

CEFR A1 · Québécois sounds nothing like the French you hear in Paris — and that is not an accent, it is an older, fuller vowel system plus one sound change that gives the whole thing away. Learn to hear it and produce it.

BeginnerFrench (Canada)Certificate
4 modules 25 lessons 10 enrolled ~8h of material
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

The shape of it

How this course works

Short lessons

25 lessons across 4 modules, each small enough to finish in one sitting.

Practice as you go

Every lesson ends with a small space for what you noticed — the doing is the learning.

A certificate at the end

Finish the course and earn a certificate anyone can verify with a link.

Ready when you are.

Make an account and this course opens up — your progress is saved from the very first lesson.