Shared vocabulary from Latin.
English carries a large French-derived lexicon — nation, famille, gouvernement. You recognise more than you expect.
What you bring already
Where English helps, and where it doesn't.
Every lesson, glossary entry and correction is written knowing where you're starting from. No exercises designed for Romance-language speakers. No rules explained twice if you've already encountered them.
Grammatical concepts.
Tenses, subject-verb agreement, articles — the underlying grammar is not alien territory.
Cognates at A1/A2.
A good portion of the A1/A2 word list is already in your head — the spelling just looks slightly different.
False friends.
arriver, attendre, rester — they mean something different from what you'd guess.
Partitive articles.
du pain, de l'eau — near-obligatory in French, with no real English equivalent.
Pronunciation.
Nasal vowels, silent final consonants, liaison. The area where English intuition actively misleads.
Four skills · one app
The same tasks you'll face in the exam.
FIDE tests four skills: speaking, listening, reading, writing. We practise all four in the exact format of exam day.
Parler · Speaking
Voice conversation with an AI examiner
Describe an image, act out a role-play, answer questions. ElevenLabs voice, scored against CEFR descriptors.
Comprendre · Listening
Audio in exact FIDE format
Three clips per situation, 25 to 55 words, with illustrated multiple-choice and a final spoken response.
Lire · Reading
Real Swiss texts
Notices, forms, emails — calibrated to FIDE topics. Find the information, choose the summary, fill in the form.
Écrire · Writing
CEFR-correct emails and messages
Write an email, complete a form, reply to a notice. Sentence-by-sentence feedback with EN↔FR annotations.
+ also included
Structured lessons · 11 official scenarios · EN↔FR glossary · Timed mock exams
Honest scoring
No streaks. No badges. Just: are you ready?
Your readiness score is a pass-probability calibrated to the real exam standard. No inflation, no premature celebration.
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Ready · A2 speaking
What it measures: a pass-probability built on CEFR descriptors — not a level, not a motivational score.
What the app does: it surfaces the cards and role-plays that raise your score most efficiently — no filler exercises.
Official source
Calibrated to the official Confederation exam model.
traguardo.ch's formats, timings and criteria are calibrated to the test fide published by the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) — the only official reference for the exam.
fide-service.ch · SEM
Official fide exam model — A1–A2
All four sections — Parler, Comprendre, Lire, Écrire — with original audio. This is the same model that authorised exam centres use to calibrate their tests.
traguardo.ch is an independent preparation tool. It is not affiliated with SEM or the fide programme.
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