TCF Canada · Task 2
Advise Julie, 19, leaving home to study far away
Candidate-reported prompt (reworded)EducationTravelReported period: 2025-01
Instructions (in French)
“Bonjour à tous,
Je vais bientôt quitter mon pays pour poursuivre mes études ; j’ai 19 ans. Les récits et opinions d’étudiants partis étudier loin de chez eux m’intéresseraient beaucoup.
Merci d’avance pour vos réponses.
Julie”
Vous avez étudié un an à l’étranger. Répondez sur le forum : décrivez votre séjour, dites si l’expérience vous a plu ou non et justifiez votre réponse.
(120 mots minimum, 150 mots maximum)The prompt opens in the editor, with a word counter and an accent keyboard.
What this task asks for
- Text type
- article, letter or note — Write for several readers about an experience or event, adding comments, opinions and arguments for a clear purpose.
- Word count
- 120 to 150 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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