Mauril

Radio-Canada

About this app

Mauril is a free digital platform leveraging a wide range of stimulating and entertaining content from CBC/Radio-Canada to help users learn French and English. Financed and endorsed by the Government of Canada, this new tool is designed and deployed by CBC/Radio-Canada, in collaboration with a committee of pedagogical experts. It’s meant to help improve oral comprehension and integrate language knowledge in everyday life.

Ratings and reviews

I want to assume this is a good app, but I can't use it. I downloaded this app because as a Canadian, I studied French up until high school, but I dropped it since then. I wanted to get back into it through some nice Canadian content, however because I live outside of Canada right now I cannot do that. The videos are "not available in my region". I mean, I get it because it's CBC, but maybe you could make your own content available within your own app. 🤷‍♀️

Placement test is way off. Boring. Doesn't seem very useful to learn French unless you already understand the the spoken French Quebecois! Compare that to an App like Yabla, where one can watch interesting clips, have the option to show subtitles in French, English or both, can easily change the play speed, play games, filter through clips using many criteria, etc.

This app is really helpful and designed well! It's very easy to navigate. You test into a French comprehension level and then need to pass multiple quizzes to get through each level. Quizzes consist of questions based on a small segment from Radio-Canada's programming. This app is a great resource for understanding the Quebec accent/cadence. I would not rely solely on this app to learn French but it's an absolutely great supplement if you're trying to learn the language.

What’s new

Mauril keeps getting better!
This update improves the stability of the app, particularly for users with Samsung devices.
Make sure to enable automatic updates to receive new features as soon as they are released.