TCF Canada · Task 1

Suggest a route through your country to a friend

Candidate-reported prompt (reworded)TravelSocietyReported period: 2024-06

Instructions (in French)

Jeanne, une amie, pense venir découvrir votre pays. Rédigez-lui un message personnel qui lui suggère un parcours : proposez-lui des étapes variées (villes, sites touristiques, monuments connus) et dites en quelques mots pourquoi chacune vaut le détour. (Minimum 60 mots, maximum 120 mots)

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What this task asks for

Text type
message — Write a message to a recipient named in the prompt, to describe, narrate or explain something.
Word count
60 to 120 words
Time
60 minutes for all three tasks, split as you like
Published assessment criteria
  • Linguistic competence: range of vocabulary, grammatical accuracy, spelling, sentence complexity
  • Pragmatic competence: coherence, cohesion and development of the topic
  • Sociolinguistic competence: fit with the communication situation

Indicative estimate, not an official score.

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