TCF Canada · Task 2
Arriving abroad: first impressions and difficulties
Candidate-reported prompt (reworded)TravelCulture & leisureReported period: 2025-02
Instructions (in French)
Dans un article de blog, tu racontes ce que tu as vécu en arrivant dans un pays étranger. Évoque ce que tu as ressenti d’abord, ce que tu as découvert et les difficultés pour t’habituer à ce nouvel environnement.
(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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