Changelog

Reaching the last question with some still unanswered is no longer a dead end — “Next” loops back to the first unanswered question and puts its number on the button

A lookup no longer fills the card with a different French word’s pronunciation and meaning — phonetics, definition and example must belong to the headword itself, and 166 mismatched cards have been corrected

Word dictation now runs in ordered rounds of 20, with random order kept for review; the input gains an accent bar, results mark the differing letters one by one, and the reveal side replays the word and opens the full card

Being stuck in word dictation now has a way out — replay the word, or reveal the answer — and every word you missed comes back once more at the end of the round

Three fixes in close listening — the arrow and space shortcuts work before you type anything, moving to the next line no longer judges it against the previous line’s answer, and a wrong entry no longer passes in silence

Key-vocabulary examples no longer pick the all-caps signage line out of the passage

The reveal side of word dictation now carries the full card — phonetics, part of speech, example and translation — a wrong answer gets one retry, the extra confirm button is gone, and scoring defaults to strict

When the server is briefly unavailable, the page retries on its own and says so in plain language instead of throwing a raw error at you

Bulk import into your word list now runs in the background — two hundred words no longer time out, words we already have land immediately, the rest are generated as they go, and closing the page doesn’t stop it

“Deleted but still there” in the word list is fixed — removing a reading word updates the count, and the list, the review cards and the stats now agree

Dictation no longer jumps away a second and a half after you submit — it shows the verdict, the correct answer and what the word means, and the lenient/strict setting is now a dropdown that says which one is on

“Next line” in close listening no longer records a miss for a line you haven’t attempted; the four practice drawers share one set of shortcuts, and finishing a round ends with a summary

Opening a listening exercise from inside the site plays the first question automatically again

Speaking Tâche 3 gains a structure skeleton — everyone gets their own set of frame sentences, five sections and thirteen slots, to read aloud or write from memory

Writing Tâche 2 gains a skeleton — two registers of framing crossed with four cores — plus a library of sentences organised by situation

If a speaking prompt is hard to follow, you can now work through it line by line in the examiner’s own voice, dictation included

Seat alerts now cover changes in the number of seats and seats coming back after a sell-out, not just the first time a seat appears

Connector dictation now takes one entry at a time — press Enter and write the next, instead of piling them up with commas

The question navigator in level practice no longer shows set-internal numbers, and folds away into a slim column

Argument cards can be saved into your own material library, sentence by sentence

“Skip questions I’ve done” in level practice remembers your choice and explains what it does, and “Redo” no longer hands you a different question

Hovering “collected in N months” on a card lists exactly which months, and once the answer is revealed the distractors are dimmed (web and iOS)

Progress in a test set counts only what you did in that set — answering the same question elsewhere no longer marks it done here

Picking a year in the speaking bank no longer leaves other years mixed into the list

Three reported listening questions are fixed — the subtitle timeline is realigned and the answer line is marked in the right place

Speaking and writing prompts can be bookmarked, with their own tabs in the review book

The streak poster can be saved directly on a phone; speaking exercises are named by topic rather than by an internal name; and two entries wrongly labelled “false friend” in the expression list are corrected

Every speaking and writing prompt now shows the months it was collected in, with the full list one tap away

In the writing scaffold and the argument library, half the French on a card couldn’t be tapped for a word card — all of it can now

A single-sentence dictation now leaves a trace — practised lines are marked in the sentence list, and the history keeps what you wrote

“Why is this wrong” in dictation follows the language of the page you’re on, and tapping a word for its card keeps the card inside the panel instead of covering the answer box

Running out of time in a speaking exercise no longer cuts the conversation off — the clock keeps counting instead; and the grammar reference now answers why a si-clause takes no subjunctive

A batch of English-interface fixes — a Chinese input tab, blank scores, a single question scored as a whole set, and headers squeezed onto three lines

Tapping a verb in a text no longer returns a noun card, and verb cards carry their conjugation table again

The essay editor now fills the column; the all-purpose questions in speaking Tâche 2 sit in their own group instead of being dropped when picking; and the sample questions under “add from the bank” no longer sit at “generating”

Model essays gain a whole-essay dictation: write the whole thing from the outline in one sitting, then check it. Every attempt is kept, so you can reread what you wrote and the essay as it stood that day

Every writing and speaking prompt proofread in French — agreement, spelling and punctuation corrected, with the affected examiner audio re-recorded

Dictation results now appear in place — finish the last line and see your result right there, with no extra screen

Walkman's answers-only mode now starts at the answer itself, and the phone view gains the answer text and a language toggle

“Run through the set's words” is now a flashcard you flip in place instead of a page jump, and every line of the speaking and writing sentence lists gains a copy button

Fixed three things that did nothing when tapped — per-sentence audio in the self-introduction, lecture covers and word pronunciation — and restored the right/wrong sound effects

Read-aloud no longer tells you that you read the wrong line when you read it right; dictation puts the cursor back in the box when you move on; and essay analysis in a mock exam comes back in the language of the page

Saved words and chunks can be tagged and filtered by tag; chunks now sit at the top of sentence analysis, sorted automatically, and are one tap away inside writing and speaking

Dictation can be driven entirely from the keyboard, with the keys printed on the buttons

Word cards now link from the conjugation section straight to the matching tense in the grammar reference

The listening and reading word list is rebuilt as “must-know answer words”, split into must-know, advanced and final-sprint tiers

Highlighting and notes now work on writing prompts and reference documents, and the highlight popup gains a copy action

The writing dictation view now shows the prompt material, and “practice again” in a report includes your bookmarked questions

“Random set” in mock exams now steers away from sets you've already done instead of returning the same few

New tracker for Canada's Express Entry French-category draws, plus self-service email preferences and unsubscribe

A failed submission in the speaking exam no longer swallows your whole answer, and long recordings no longer cut out partway

Picture-based listening questions no longer reveal the option text before you answer, stray answer letters inside options are cleaned up, and “shuffle” in dictation and Walkman is now a real shuffle

Speaking Tâche 1 rebuilt: create your self-introduction from a single passage, paste in a script you already have, reorder by dragging, and generate the audio one sentence at a time

Your own word lists gain a run-through mode, and notes can now be read aloud one after another

The option you move to with the arrow keys is no longer overridden by the one you clicked earlier

Full sweep of listening subtitles and timings: drifting lines, “Question N” segments that were never spoken, and a few questions playing the wrong recording have all been corrected

In open-book mode the sentence analysis and other helpers no longer disappear together, and read-aloud switches back to the results panel once your score arrives

The speaking exam clock counts only your speaking time — it freezes while the examiner talks and keeps its place after a refresh

A batch of mobile layout glitches fixed; after you answer, the page scrolls back to the options, and the explanation, notes and vocabulary panels stay locked until then (except in open-book mode)

Walkman now looks and behaves like a music player on the phone

Dictation and intensive listening gain instant feedback — a streak chime and confetti for a clean run — and any wrong line can explain why, or explain again if the explanation misses

Enter submits in dictation and intensive listening, and a word card's pronunciation no longer plays over the question audio

Fixed the ~20 seconds of silence after Tâche 2 in the speaking exam, and added feedback to two screens that were working but looked stuck

Speaking scoring corrected — a handful of words can no longer earn a high level — and feedback in the English and French interfaces is no longer always in Chinese

The Tâche 2 question list gains side-by-side translation, explanations, dictation and copy; two quick-reference pages gain a dictation entry point

Wrong level labels in model answers and scoring (things like “C1-B1”) corrected, along with mispronunciations in 62 audio clips on the Tâche 2 reference page

You're no longer stuck in a language you didn't pick — a language switcher is available everywhere and the setting takes effect immediately; the practice timer no longer resets on refresh

Reading no longer jumps to the sentence-by-sentence translation once you answer; words missing in dictation are marked clearly instead of counting as a clean run; and re-entering a wrong-answer drill again highlights the correct option and expands the distractor analysis

Word cards and search accept Chinese or English and return the matching French card

Walkman remembers where you left off in each playlist and picks up from there

Fixed a case where finishing the speaking exam could lose the whole session; dictation is now marked in place, with red only on what you got wrong and green only on what's worth remembering

Highlights no longer shift after a sentence is removed, submitting the same question a second time is no longer refused, and sentence-by-sentence translations no longer come up short

Walkman adds an answers-only mode — each correct option read in French, then slowly, then translated — and intensive listening adds a middle setting that shows the translated hint

Model answers are capped at your target level instead of coming back harder, and you can swap any single sentence or copy the whole text

Fixed the speaking mock exam getting stuck between Tâche 2 and Tâche 3, a blank Tâche 2 situation card, per-sentence audio failing to play in model answers, and missing study counts on the summary page of large sets

Fixed layout on phones for the review book, quick reference, and vocabulary pages — cards no longer get clipped and the page no longer drifts sideways

Two Speaking Tâche 2 fixes: the prep timer running out no longer kicks you out of the exam, and the situation card stays visible while you answer

Added a help and support page, plus self-service account deletion on the web

Verb conjugation reference greatly expanded: full tables across every mood and tense, an overview of the three conjugation groups at the top, and any word in a table opens its word card

Speaking Tâche 3 adds write-from-memory: hide a line and type it back from memory, one sentence at a time or the whole script

Dictation improvements: the input box grows with your text, the replay button is now “Try again”, and a differently-typed apostrophe no longer counts as wrong

Highlighted notes now feed the memory system — add them to a recite queue, review them when they come due, with the source sentence and translation saved alongside

Intensive listening adds a “next” control to run through similar prompts back to back; writing model essays gain sentence-by-sentence audio for listen-and-memorise

Study panel cleanup in practice: de-duplicated note cards, a two-column sentence layout, and per-sentence dictation for listening; deleting an empty highlight no longer asks twice — only ones carrying a note do

Conjugation tables now show il/elle and ils/elles

Writing model essays are now a three-path wizard — sentence-by-sentence, whole-essay import, or AI generation — with per-sentence dictation and saved progress, aligned with the Speaking Tâche 3 experience

Writing practice adds a vocabulary tab — tap any word in the prompt, reference docs, or model essay to save it, with a live count badge

Speaking Tâche 2/Tâche 3 and writing model essays now share a unified “Practice | Model” layout, keeping preparation and examples cleanly separated

Added a one-time “set your target level” prompt; your target level (e.g. B2/C1) is now applied consistently across the app and carried into model essays and practice

Model-essay tabs add a recitation mode (back-translation) — recall the French from the Chinese prompt until it comes naturally

The single-task speaking exam timer now runs full-screen so the record/finish buttons are no longer hidden by the tab bar; the last question on mobile exams gets an explicit “Submit” button

A revamped sentence-by-sentence coach for Speaking Tâche 3 — practise line by line, import a whole draft, and reorder; star any line to your sentence book, press R to replay the prompt audio, and see how many prompts each line has been used in

New related-questions panel — items now show a “highly similar / same topic” two-tier list you can expand inline to read the full question

Vocabulary flashcards now support swiping left/right to flip through, and review note cards let you tap words to look them up and hear them read aloud

The Walkman now loops back to the start after the last track instead of stopping

A round of stability fixes — essay autosave gets its full timeout, media loading is more resilient, back-to-back speaking tâches no longer break when the previous one ends slowly, and a refused trial activation now tells you why

Walkman adds Speaking Tâche 3 (opinion) audio, grouped by month, with a trilingual playback loop

Speaking example audio is now higher-quality, more natural, and more reliable to load — covering self-introduction, Tâche 2 examples, the Tâche 3 examiner prompt, and dialogue follow-ups

Reading mock exams now support swiping left/right to move between questions, with a first-time gesture hint

Smoother script generation with clearer progress, and speaking recordings get a subtle start/stop earcon

Mobile display fixes for the Speaking read-aloud practice page — the per-sentence layout no longer crowds or overflows on phones, with clearer action buttons and scores

Review now includes Writing and Speaking history — revisit the scores and feedback from your past practice sessions and mock exams

The Listening/Reading score table now shows a CEFR column alongside NCLC levels, so equivalences are clear at a glance

Speaking scoring upgraded: Tâche 3 pronunciation now uses real acoustic assessment, and read-aloud "completeness" scoring is more accurate — skipped or missed passages are reflected honestly

Tâche 2 custom sentences get an explicit Save button so new sentences won't be lost, and all delete actions across the site now ask for confirmation

Spoken scripts and dialogue-mode sample answers sound more natural and conversational, with less written, recited phrasing

Fixed the Writing section of full mock exams failing to start, the confirm button being cut off on iPad listening tests, the second reference document not scrolling in writing mock exams, and practice occasionally getting stuck on an expired session

All HiTCF+ tools are now reachable on mobile: Walkman, Read-Aloud, seat monitor, French quick reference, and exam guide

Spoken self-introduction scripts get a spoken-polish pass — less recited-sounding phrasing and fewer tense errors, closer to how you'd actually speak

Vocabulary flashcards add autoplay: read word → flip → read meaning, with 0/2/5-second intervals — great for commutes

French Read-Aloud is live: create read-aloud pieces and publish them to the plaza — listening to others' works is free

Pronunciation assessment now breaks each word down to the phoneme level, highlighting problem sounds with standard IPA

Sentence drills add a sentence-analysis panel, and original-audio playback can now be paused and resumed

Speaking Tâche 1 now randomizes the examiner's opening and question angles, so no two sessions feel the same

Every French input across the site now has an accent toolbar (é è ç…)

Fixed Speaking mock Tâche 3 giving less than the full 4:30, the hard-to-find audio player on the first desktop listening question, and the practice bar not showing on some browsers

Generated spoken self-introductions now sound more natural and idiomatic, with less stiff or word-for-word phrasing

New "exam-survival phrases" library for Speaking Tâche 3, with read-aloud examiner prompts and toggleable answers

Review now offers a sequential "run-through" mode to go through items in order

Writing mock-exam results now include a collapsible view of your submitted essay

Writing practice and mock-exam records now appear in your learning history, where you can view and delete them

Random mock exams now offer a "full set" mode — practice complete classic past papers for listening and reading

The level-practice question navigator is now grouped by paper set for easier navigation

After answering a reading question, you can switch to "open-book" view to revisit the passage

Vocabulary review upgraded — choose how many new words per session, plus a new "quick skim" browse mode

Fixed speaking mock-exam timing, audio loading hangs, and conversation reconnection issues

Wrong-answer review now uses spaced repetition for smart, scheduled practice

Fixed speaking mock exams sometimes missing your answer, leaving a tâche unscored

• Your Tâche 3 monologue is now saved and graded even when you speak until the timer ends
• Fixed the latest message sometimes being hidden behind the recording bar

Grammar reference now has self-tests; missed points go to review

• Each grammar point has multiple-choice self-tests with instant feedback
• Verb conjugation search now matches inflected forms (type “venez” to find venir)

Vocabulary flashcards now use spaced repetition

Writing and speaking grading upgraded: a stronger grading model with more professional feedback

New Listening intensive mode (精听): single-sentence looping, variable-speed playback, and blind dictation with word-by-word comparison

Fixed an issue where a graded essay's text would sometimes not show in Writing practice, leaving only the score

Database upgrade — more stable and faster

Upgraded word cards: verbs now lead with their infinitive, and concrete nouns come with a memory-aid image

Fixed Writing Tâche 3 display: the topic, instructions and the two documents now render in clean, separate sections

Performance improvements: fixed occasional slowdowns, faster page loads

Speaking & Writing: new model-answer study mode, with one-tap saving of phrases to your Phrasebook

Fixed Notes and Words tabs missing on mobile in listening/reading practice

Fixed iOS listening-exam audio not playing and mobile layout glitches

Listening/Reading practice sidebar upgraded

Speaking and Writing scoring upgraded to 6 dimensions × 20 points (from 4 × 5) for finer detail

Fixed writing practice translation occasionally showing content from another question

Fixed level practice sessions including duplicate questions after creation

Fixed test list incorrectly marking sets as 'In progress'

Improved scoring accuracy for Speaking and Writing

Fixed level practice navigator not showing correct/wrong state after resuming

Fixed an issue where smart practice sets did not show the TCF score

Speaking and Writing topic cards now show practice progress

Improved categorization of Speaking and Writing topics

Speaking Tâche 1 now supports a dialogue mode

Added keyword hints for Speaking and Writing prompts

Fixed an issue where speaking recordings could not be played back

Vocabulary book now includes a spaced-repetition memory system

Added an exam date editor entry in Profile

Improved iPad compatibility

Fixed multiple highlight interaction issues in Listening/Reading

• Option text can now be highlighted
• Double-click or long-press an existing highlight to open the color / note / delete menu
• Dismissing a popup over a listening sentence no longer accidentally seeks the audio

Fixed an issue updating the Speaking Tâche 1 dialogue script

Auto-grading now covers all 3 speaking tasks + per-topic exam mode

Speaking practice revamp: 3-column layout + per-sentence Tâche 2 shadowing

Question bank page upgraded: search, categories, memory, speed

Listening/Reading CEFR level mapping corrected to match FEI official bands

Writing practice revamped: more efficient layout

Walkman: tap-to-listen queue for wrong answers, bookmarks, and sets

100+ listening tracks remastered for clearer audio

Extended set names display correctly in EN/FR/AR; question images shown in full

Listening data: assorted corrections

Speaking Tâche 1 practice upgraded

• Per-sentence play, more natural playback, broader liaison coverage, auto-retry when script generation stalls

Exam seat monitor: center rating

• Each exam center now shows a 1-5 star rating + one-line neutral note to help you choose when options overwhelm

Exam seat monitor fix: sold-out sessions no longer shown as available

HiTCF Curated Series: 47 reading + 49 listening sets, zero overlap

Random review: wrong answers first, reinforce weak spots

Daily phrase: exam countdown + high-frequency TCF expression at the top

Tabs reordered to match the recommended study path

Speaking + writing question bank updated

• Added April 2026 speaking (4 sets) + writing (3 sets), question bank stays up to date

Exam countdown

• Set your exam date to see countdown, phase tips, and venue directions on your history page

Exam centers sorted by your location

TCF exam seat monitor is live

• Real-time monitoring across 5 cities: Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary
• Shows remaining seats, venue address with map link, one-click registration
• Follow cities to get email alerts when new seats appear. Paid members notified first

Mobile reading experience improved

• Larger text for options and questions in practice mode, more comfortable in dark mode

Exam mode overhaul

• New exam intro pages for all 4 sections: unified design with rules, A1→C2 difficulty breakdown, and official TCF consignes
• Timer only starts when you begin answering; leaving the intro page creates no records

Text highlighting & notes

• Select any passage or option text to highlight — 6 colors available
• Highlights support tags (collocations, expressions, grammar points) with edit/delete
• New 'Notes' tab on the review page to browse all highlights

Real-time exam seat alerts

• Instant alerts when new TCF exam seats open in Vancouver and Calgary

Reading experience improvements

• Clearer font rendering site-wide for more comfortable reading
• Fixed text errors in 81 reading passages

Sentence analysis overhaul

• ABCD options now support sentence analysis — tap the 📖 button next to any option
• Grammar tags (e.g. Présent, Comparatif) now link directly to the reference page
• Collocations can now be saved to your vocabulary list
• Grammatical role labels now display in your language

Sentence analysis async loading

• Sentence analysis no longer blocks — results appear automatically once ready

Cross-device progress sync

• Open-book reviewed marks and current question now sync between phone and computer

Redo practice button fix

• Fixed 'Redo practice' incorrectly submitting a 0-score attempt after reviewing all questions

Translation fixes

• Fixed inaccurate option and sentence translations in some reading questions

French Quick Reference

• New Reference page covering 15 essential French topics: numbers, time, articles, verb conjugation and more, in 4 languages
• Writing and speaking corrections now link directly to the relevant grammar topic

Listening experience improvements

• Keyboard shortcuts for listening: Space to play/pause, R to restart
• Fixed inconsistent audio volume across questions

Data fixes

• Fixed misaligned transcripts in some listening questions

Reading data calibration

Vocabulary card conjugation audio

• Each verb conjugation form is now clickable for pronunciation
• Adjective inflection forms also support audio playback

Open-book mode mobile fixes

• Restored 'Next question' button on mobile
• Fixed floating question nav button not visible on mobile

Level practice loading fix

• Fixed 500 error when loading answered questions in level practice

Feature guide page

• New /guide platform usage guide
• New changelog page