TCF Canada · Task 3
Fast food: freedom of choice, but at what cost?
Candidate-reported prompt (reworded)HealthEnvironmentSocietyReported period: 2025-02
Instructions (in French)
Fast-food : liberté de choisir, mais à quel prix ?
Document 1 :
Les enseignes de restauration rapide cherchent à offrir des menus variés et équilibrés, dans le respect de règles d’hygiène rigoureuses. Elles laissent en outre le client composer son repas à sa guise, selon ses goûts et ses besoins nutritionnels.
Document 2 :
Des spécialistes avertissent qu’aller souvent au fast-food met la santé en péril. Les frites, hamburgers et boissons sucrées qu’on y sert contiennent bien plus de calories que les quantités conseillées. Par ailleurs, la profusion d’emballages en plastique aggrave la pollution et produit des déchets nuisibles à la nature.The prompt opens in the editor, with a word counter and an accent keyboard.
What this task asks for
- Text type
- article — Write an article comparing the views in two documents on a social issue, then give your own opinion.
- Word count
- 120 to 180 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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