TCF Canada · Task 3
Children facing today’s technology
Candidate-reported prompt (reworded)EducationTechnologyFamilyReported period: 2025-04
Instructions (in French)
Les enfants face aux technologies actuelles
Document 1 :
À l’école primaire, les élèves peuvent se servir du numérique pour approfondir leurs connaissances. Ils regardent par exemple des vidéos pédagogiques ou utilisent des jeux interactifs qui travaillent la lecture, le calcul ou la frappe au clavier.
Document 2 :
Beaucoup de parents craignent néanmoins que ces outils rendent l’enfant passif. Devant l’écran, on échange moins, on joue moins de façon créative et on bouge moins. Mieux vaudrait proposer des activités originales et attrayantes pour l’inciter à s’en détacher.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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