Alena Kopalina
French, TEF and TCF Canada, our move to Canada and the path to an immigration consultant licence.
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It can be hard to pick out individual words in spoken French. When I first learned about enchaînement and liaison, which make speech flow almost without pauses, I felt rather overwhelmed. Understanding this magic as a beginner seemed completely impossible…
Let’s keep exploring how to learn a language when you have no time! The first part is here. Ideally, observe how you spend your day and draw up a rough schedule. Include work, walks with your children, household chores…
Let’s continue exploring how to manage exam anxiety. As a reminder, the first step is to gather as much information as possible. The first article explains where to look and how much you need. After that, the overall picture usually starts to…
Last time, I never got around to explaining why my exams went so badly. From the start, I had decided to use English as my first language. I hoped it would earn me most of my points in the system where immigration candidates register. Although…
Fortunately, there is no shortage of cartoons now. You can find them online for the topic and age group you want, even for free. Not confident in your French? Watch cartoons for young children. They have no complicated grammar or convoluted…
For many people, a foreign-language exam is a major hurdle on the way to their dream of immigrating or studying abroad. The stress can be so intense that you start thinking, “Maybe I should just stay where I was born”…
For our family, TEF Canada was the exam that earned us most of our Express Entry points. Our full story is available at the link. Here, I will share my own experience and describe how my exam went…
Let’s go back to that fateful April day when the immigration consultant handed me a to-do list spanning 20 A4 pages. The previous part of the story is here. The first task was to have my husband’s and my credentials assessed. The family’s principal applicant was…
The main problem for most of us is that we are used to studying “at a desk.” That means setting aside an hour to an hour and a half, getting into study mode, sitting down, laying out the textbook, picking up a pen, opening a notebook… And of course, at that moment…
Unfortunately, language apps are no magic solution. Tapping a screen will not suddenly make you fluent or remove the language barrier at lightning speed. But they can introduce you to a new language, its sounds…
I would like to say that learning a language starts with knowing exactly why you need it. But let’s assume you already have a goal and are struggling to choose between textbooks, courses and YouTube lessons. Here is a list of…
Our family’s immigration journey to Canada began with the TCF exam. The linked story explains why we chose this route and how it turned out. Here, I will describe how my TCF exam went…
