Erudits · French language education

French, taught with a method
that actually works.

Erudits is home to the CERCLE™ Method — a six-phase pedagogical framework transforming how Australian secondary students learn French — alongside exam preparation and curriculum resources built by a 26-year classroom teacher.

26 years in the Australian French classroom · Creator of the CERCLE™ Method

Two ways we help

Wherever you're teaching or learning French, we've built for it.

For Schools & Teachers

Ready-to-teach units, built on the CERCLE™ Method.

Complete, curriculum-mapped French units for Years 7–10, plus professional development that gives your department a repeatable framework for building its own units long after the PD day ends.

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For Students & Families

Exam preparation and curriculum resources.

Past exam papers, exam packs and curriculum resources to build confidence in listening, reading, writing and oral French — from Year 7 through to ATAR.

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The CERCLE™ Method

Six phases. One repeatable structure. Any curriculum.

A cyclical framework moving students from cultural immersion to confident, audience-facing expression — developed across 26 years in Australian secondary French classrooms.

The CERCLE Method by Erudits - six phases: Culture, Ecoute, Rythme, Construction, Langue, Expression

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Everything under one roof

French resources for every stage of the journey.

Christine Tolefe presenting to French teachers at a Teachers of French Association WA event

Built by a career teacher

Not a startup. Twenty-six years in the classroom.

Christine Tolefe has taught French in Australian secondary schools for 26 years and is the creator of the CERCLE™ Method. She is a former Vice President of the Teachers of French Association and Vice President of FATFA, and the recipient of the Outstanding Professional Service Award (Professional Teaching Council of Western Australia Inc., 2014) and the Marie Louise Laurent Award (2016).

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“Our mission is to support French learners in their experience of the language and culture.”

— Christine Tolefe, Erudits

Not sure where to start?

Take the free two-minute CERCLE Self-Audit and see how your current program compares.

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