TCF Canada · Task 2
Your path to French and why languages matter
Candidate-reported prompt (reworded)TechnologyReported period: 2025-05
Instructions (in French)
Un forum en ligne invite ses membres à raconter leur parcours d'apprentissage des langues. Écrivez un message qui explique par quel chemin vous avez acquis le français ou une autre langue, puis dites pourquoi, à votre avis, savoir parler une langue étrangère est indispensable de nos jours.
(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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