TCF Canada · Task 1

Introduce your country and culture to Marc

Candidate-reported prompt (reworded)TravelCulture & leisureReported period: 2024-10

Instructions (in French)

« Salut, Voyager et découvrir un pays étranger me tente vraiment. Peux-tu me raconter un peu comment sont ton pays et sa culture ? Marc. » Votre ami Marc rêve de voyager et de découvrir un pays étranger. Écrivez-lui pour lui présenter votre pays et sa culture (endroits à voir, sites touristiques, monuments, etc). (60 mots minimum/120 mots maximum)

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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

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