TCF Canada · Task 1
Tell Alex about your university and teachers
Candidate-reported prompt (reworded)EducationReported period: 2026-01
Instructions (in French)
« Bonjour,
Tu vas bien ?
Dis-moi, que penses-tu de ta nouvelle fac ? Les autres étudiants sont-ils agréables ? Et du côté des enseignants, ça se passe comment ?
A bientôt.
Alex »
Dans votre réponse à Alex, vous parlez de votre université (les professeurs, les camarades, les activités que l'on peut y pratiquer, etc.).
(60 mots minimum/120 mots maximum)The prompt opens in the editor, with a word counter and an accent keyboard.
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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