About Fide Prep

Hi, I'm Magda.

Fide Prep started because my husband had three months, a C-permit deadline, and almost no German. He'd never seriously learned a foreign language. The German courses he tried followed a generic curriculum, and attempted explaining grammar in German.

The textbooks didn't know what FIDE was. We figured it out the hard way — what to study, what to skip, how to practise speaking when you have 30 minutes a day around a job — and he passed first try.

Fide Prep is everything I wish we'd had back then. The same method, written down, organised, and turned into resources you can actually use:

• The book — FIDE German A1/A2 Exam Prep. Vocabulary, dialogues, rescue phrases, and a 90-day plan covering all 11 official FIDE topics.
• The app — daily AI-coached speaking and writing practice in the real exam format. (Try it yourself ->)
• The library — articles on every part of the exam, free, written in English for expats.

I write and build for the people I keep meeting in C-permit queues: smart, busy professionals who've been told to "just immerse" but have a job, a family, and a deadline.

If you're preparing for FIDE — welcome. Start with the complete exam guide, or sign up and I'll send you the first chapter of the book as a free PDF.

Questions, corrections, or stories from your own exam? [email protected] — I read every email.

— Magda Sawyer · Zürich