The core learning infrastructure is already in place.
A French learning system that continues between every live session.
Launch a structured French offering—or extend the program you already run—with a ready-built A0–B2 learning backend.
See EBA48 in action.
Watch the full walkthrough first, then explore the operating model, implementation details and institutional use cases below.
Learning continues between sessions.
Structured practice remains available after the tutor-led session.
Your institution retains the learner and parent relationship.
What follows once the live session ends?
Lessons, practice, assessment, reporting and learner resources remain available between scheduled sessions.
Teach, clarify, correct and guide.
Learners continue progressing between sessions.
Use integrated practice and assessment to identify progress and next steps.
The EBA48 identity.
The crest signals learning and achievement. The name gives the system a clear academic identity, while “48” connects directly to its launch-ready implementation model.
A direct expression of a system built for learning.
A distinctive historic reference to light and illumination.
A coordinated system in which lessons, practice, assessment and support work together.
The system is designed to move from configuration to launch in under 48 hours.
Launch in 48 hours.
The core content is already in place. The 48-hour window is used to align the system with your institution, prepare access, train the relevant staff and complete a final launch review.
Confirm the launch scope.
We align on the learner group, whether you are launching French from the beginning or strengthening an existing program, and which EBA48 capabilities should be activated first.
Define the initial learning pathway.
We map the starting French level, learner access and the role of lessons, practice and assessment within your offering.
Prepare the centre-facing learner experience.
Your institution remains customer-facing. We apply the agreed centre identity and access presentation to the French learning environment.
Prepare learner and staff access.
We organize the agreed access model so staff understand where learners enter, what learners can use and what the centre is responsible for managing.
Prepare the resources around the learning program.
We organize the relevant assessment, practice, reporting and parent-support materials for the implementation you have selected.
Orient staff to the operating model.
Relevant staff learn how the program is accessed, what learners do between sessions, how the centre supports them and where EBA48 support begins and ends.
Complete the final institutional review.
We review access, learner-facing presentation and the initial learning path. Any final launch adjustments are completed before learner access is released.
Release the program to the initial learner group.
Learner access goes live. Your centre begins using the agreed French offering, with EBA48 operating behind the scenes as the learning infrastructure.
Choose your starting point.
Your starting point determines the support model we recommend. Select the option that best describes your institution today.
Launch French without building an entire department from the ground up.
- No curriculum build from the beginning
- No requirement to record hundreds of lessons
- No requirement to build thousands of quizzes and practice assets
- Not every learning hour requires a live French tutor
- Centre-branded learner experience
- Staff can manage access, learners and parent communication
Give your current French program the infrastructure it needs between sessions.
- Extend learning beyond live tutor time
- Give learners structured independent practice
- Reduce dependence on a single tutor’s availability
- Support more learners without matching every additional learning hour with another tutor hour
- Add assessment, reporting and parent visibility
- Tutors continue to teach; EBA48 extends the model around them
Your French learning backend.
EBA48 provides your institution with a ready-built French learning backend, so your team does not need to build every lesson, practice tool and support resource from the ground up.
One system, structured in layers.
Learners follow a structured curriculum while your centre gains the resources needed to support learning between sessions.
Learning beyond the live session.
EBA48 keeps learning moving between scheduled sessions through structured practice, review and progression.
A stronger operating model.
The difference is not a single feature. It is how much of the French-learning backend your team no longer has to create or supervise manually.
Without EBA48
With EBA48
Your centre stays in control.
Learners and families continue to work with your organization. EBA48 operates behind the scenes as the learning infrastructure.
Your centre retains the customer relationship.
- Centre-branded learner experience
- Your centre controls parent pricing
- Your centre retains its program revenue
- Families continue to work with your team
EBA48 provides the learning infrastructure.
- Curriculum and lesson pathway
- Practice and assessment assets
- Reporting and support resources
- Staff onboarding and implementation
Start small. Scale with confidence.
The core system is already in place, independent practice reduces the need for live supervision, and a centre can begin with a smaller cohort before expanding.
No curriculum build
The structured learning pathway and supporting assets already exist.
No new tutor required for every additional learning hour
Independent learning and practice continue outside scheduled tutoring.
Start with a controlled cohort
Begin with a smaller cohort before expanding across a larger learner base.
Support tutors. Extend learning.
Tutors continue to teach, correct, explain and guide. EBA48 gives them a structured backend of lessons, practice, assessments, reporting and learner resources so not every learning hour depends on live tutor availability.
Make progress visible.
Centres can demonstrate ongoing learning value instead of reporting only that a learner attended one tutoring session.
A clear path from A0 to B2.
Learners move through one clear French pathway. Explore the progression from foundational French toward higher-level study.
Starting French
Establish the language foundation before moving into the main CEFR pathway.
Starting pointFoundation
Build core vocabulary, common structures and the ability to understand and use simple French.
Foundation levelDeveloping independence
Move beyond basic phrases into connected reading, listening, speaking and writing practice.
Developing learnerIntermediate progression
Use French with more independence while continuing structured practice across the main language skills.
Intermediate levelUpper-intermediate pathway
Work toward stronger comprehension, expression and more demanding academic or professional language use.
Upper-intermediateContinue beyond the core pathway
The same structured foundation can support higher academic goals, diploma preparation or the institution’s next stage of French provision.
Program continuityFlexible ways to offer French.
The backend can support multiple customer-facing offers. Public pricing is intentionally not specified here because packaging depends on the institution, implementation model and learner volume.
French Level Assessment
Offer an entry assessment before enrolment or placement.
Structured French Program
Provide ongoing access to the complete learning pathway.
Daily Practice Access
Add independent learning between tutoring sessions.
Parent Progress Package
Use reporting and structured family visibility around the learning program.
Live Tutor / Support Add-ons
Where appropriate, add live human support around the learning infrastructure.
Applied collaboration with NAIT.
Simple French with Hems Inc. collaborates with NAIT through capstone projects, providing applied project opportunities and direct learner collaboration connected to education technology.
Evidence behind the model.
Across the Education Endowment Foundation’s evidence summaries, approaches aligned with structured follow-up, feedback, self-regulation and targeted tuition show positive average impacts. EEF reports these as estimated additional months of progress over a year.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
A 2021 systematic review coded 50 classroom experiments, yielding 49 effect sizes across 5,374 learners; 57% of effect sizes were medium or large.[6]
Cepeda and colleagues synthesized 839 assessments from 317 experiments across 184 articles, showing that spacing and retention interval jointly shape later recall.[7]
Dunlosky and colleagues rated practice testing and distributed practice as high-utility techniques because their benefits generalized across learners, materials and tasks.[8]
This section is an external evidence synthesis, not a claim that EBA48 itself produces the effect sizes above. The EEF figures summarize broader school-based research; the retrieval-practice review also notes that only 6% of included experiments were conducted in non-WEIRD countries.[6] The practical implication is narrower: continuity, feedback, retrieval and structured follow-up are evidence-aligned design choices worth testing in each institution’s context.
References
- Education Endowment Foundation. Metacognition and self-regulation. Average impact: +8 months. EEF Teaching and Learning Toolkit.
- Education Endowment Foundation. Feedback. Average impact: +6 months. EEF Teaching and Learning Toolkit.
- Education Endowment Foundation. Homework. Average impact: +5 months; EEF notes stronger effects when homework is integrated with classroom learning and feedback. EEF Teaching and Learning Toolkit.
- Education Endowment Foundation. One to one tuition. Average impact: +5 months; EEF notes that tuition is more likely to make an impact when additional to and explicitly linked with normal teaching. EEF Teaching and Learning Toolkit.
- Education Endowment Foundation. Small group tuition. Average impact: +4 months; the Toolkit highlights diagnostic assessment as a way to target support. EEF Teaching and Learning Toolkit.
- Agarwal, P. K., Nunes, L. D., & Blunt, J. R. (2021). Retrieval Practice Consistently Benefits Student Learning: a Systematic Review of Applied Research in Schools and Classrooms. Educational Psychology Review, 33, 1409–1453. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-021-09595-9.
- Cepeda, N. J., Pashler, H., Vul, E., Wixted, J. T., & Rohrer, D. (2006). Distributed practice in verbal recall tasks: A review and quantitative synthesis. Psychological Bulletin, 132(3), 354–380. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.132.3.354.
- Dunlosky, J., Rawson, K. A., Marsh, E. J., Nathan, M. J., & Willingham, D. T. (2013). Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 14(1), 4–58. https://doi.org/10.1177/1529100612453266.
Learning design research.
Abstract
EBA48 is built around a clear principle: learners are better supported when learning is structured, practice continues between sessions, retrieval is deliberate, and institutions can sustain the process through clear systems rather than disconnected activities. This research summary explains how the model connects to established findings in vocabulary learning, retrieval practice, formative assessment, multimedia learning, feedback and self-managed study.
Introduction
Many institutions want a French program, but do not want to build every lesson, worksheet, quiz, practice step and support resource from the beginning. EBA48 responds by combining curriculum structure with reusable learning resources and a backend that helps learning continue outside the live session. The goal is not to replace the teacher or tutor; it is to reduce fragmentation, strengthen continuity and make progression easier to support.
Methodology
This section draws on well-known literature in second-language learning, vocabulary development, retrieval practice, distributed practice, multimedia learning, feedback, and formative assessment. The aim is not to claim that one paper “proves” the whole system. Instead, the design identifies recurring themes across the literature and translates them into a usable institutional learning workflow.
Present relevance
- Structured progression matters. Learners need a clear route rather than disconnected activities.
- Practice between sessions matters. Retrieval, review and follow-up can help reduce learning loss.
- Feedback matters. Formative checks help learners and institutions see where support is needed.
- Multiple modes of input matter. Lessons, reading, listening, quizzes and guided practice work better together than in isolation.
Past evidence and future value
Earlier language-learning research repeatedly shows the value of repetition, vocabulary focus, meaningful retrieval and guided feedback. Institutions also need systems that allow learning to continue between meetings, make support more scalable and give families or staff clearer visibility into progress. EBA48 is designed around that direction: reusable learning infrastructure that can continue supporting future cohorts.
One backend. More possibilities.
Bring EBA48 to your centre.
Launch French. Strengthen delivery. Extend learning beyond the live session.