TCF Canada · Task 2
Obstacles and methods in learning a foreign language
Candidate-reported prompt (reworded)OtherReported period: 2025-02
Instructions (in French)
Tu témoignes sur un forum de la manière dont tu as appris une langue étrangère. Évoque les obstacles que tu as rencontrés et les méthodes qui t’ont permis d’avancer.
(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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