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Five minutes, one real Calgary situation.

Every lesson is a scene from life here: a 5 à 7 in the Beltline, a café counter, the 7th Avenue platform, the school gate, an apartment viewing. You listen, match, choose, rebuild a sentence and say it out loud. Progress stays in your browser.

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Practise French

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Introducing yourself at a Calgary meetup

Say who you are, where you’re from and what you’re looking for, then keep the conversation going: the five lines you will use at every 5 à 7.

6 minA18 steps

2 / 8

Ordering at a café or restaurant

Coffee sizes, “pour ici ou pour emporter”, the bill, the tip and the one Quebec word that will make a barista smile.

6 minA17 steps

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Asking for directions and taking the CTrain

Red Line, Blue Line, the free fare zone downtown, the +15 walkways and the four quadrants: find your way in French and in English.

7 minA28 steps

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Understanding the weather forecast

Chinook, wind chill, “ressenti”, hail warnings and the day it goes from −20 to +8: read a Calgary forecast in French and in English.

6 minA27 steps

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Talking to a teacher or childcare provider

Drop-off, pick-up, a note in the agenda, a parent-teacher meeting: the phrases of school life in Calgary, francophone, immersion or English.

7 minA27 steps

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Making an appointment

Clinic, dentist, registry, hairdresser or mechanic: dates, times, “ça me convient”, and rescheduling without stress.

6 minA27 steps

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Asking questions at a rental or home viewing

Deposit, utilities, parking, snow removal, the lease length and the condo fees: the questions that protect you, in French and English.

8 minB18 steps

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Quebec expressions and Canadian French

“C’est correct”, “pantoute”, “magasiner”, “une débarbouillette”: understand the French you will hear most in Calgary, with respect for every other French.

7 minB18 steps

Practise English

English for French speakers: your first week in Calgary

The registry, the bank, the phone store and the “how’s it going?”: the English you need in week one, with the Calgary pronunciations that trip people up.

8 minA2

English small talk: at work, at the rink, at Stampede

Weather, the Flames, the weekend and the mountains: the four topics that start every Calgary conversation, and how to keep them going.

7 minB1

How it works

Short steps: vocabulary, dialogue, matching, choices, sentence ordering, pronunciation.
Audio uses your device’s voices; the microphone is optional and explained before use.
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