TCF Canada tests the same four skills as TEF Canada and converts to the same CLB levels, but its shape is different: 39 multiple-choice listening questions in 35 minutes, 39 reading questions in 60 minutes, then three writing tasks in one hour — a short message or invitation of 60–120 words, a personal narration with commentary of 120–150 words, and a synthesis of two opposing texts followed by your own argued position in 120–180 words — and three speaking tasks in about twelve minutes: a guided interview about yourself, an interactive information-gathering exchange, and a spontaneous opinion monologue with no preparation time.
Each task has its own register and its own set language: invitation and confirmation formulas for the message, past-tense narration scaffolding for the récit, viewpoint-reporting language for the synthesis (selon le premier texte..., tandis que le second...), and position-opening moves for the monologue. That formulaic layer is what separates candidates who spend their task time arguing from candidates who spend it searching for words.
How the course maps to the exam
The French for TEF Canada & TCF Canada course drills that layer: eleven vocabulary lessons on the domains both exams draw on (immigration, work, housing, services, health, news and current debates, plus Canadian French), two shared argumentation lessons, and four TCF kit lessons covering all six tasks — messages and invitations, talking about yourself and narrating, the synthesis, and the two interactive speaking tasks — each with a lecture explaining the task's format and timing before drilling its formulas.
The course assumes roughly B1 French. If you're earlier, start with the main French course (beginner to B2 — the band CLB 7 sits in), then come back for the exam layer.
No sign-up needed to start. Every lesson is free.
What this deliberately does not do
Nobody here scores your writing or plays examiner, and our exercises are not in the exam's multiple-choice format — we drill the language, not the mechanics. Use the official practice materials for format drill; use this course to make sure that when the timer starts, the words are already there.
No sign-up needed to start. Every lesson is free.