TCF Canada · Task 2
Trading city for country: the upside of daily life
Candidate-reported prompt (reworded)TechnologyEnvironmentSocietyReported period: 2026-07
Instructions (in French)
Vous avez troqué la ville contre la campagne. Dans un message posté sur un forum, expliquez ce qui vous a amené(e) à ce choix et décrivez les bons côtés de votre nouveau quotidien.
(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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