TCF Canada Speaking
TCF Canada Speaking: Complete Guide
Understand the three-part TCF Canada oral expression format and how to practise interaction and spontaneous production.
The current TCF Canada format has three oral expression exercises and a total duration of 12 minutes, including preparation time as specified by France Éducation international.
Practise three different modes
Do not train every task as a monologue. Build a directed interview habit, an interaction habit and a spontaneous opinion habit. The ability to respond to the other person is central to oral communication.
Useful production moves
- Ask for clarification.
- Give a reason.
- Give a concrete example.
- Compare two possibilities.
- Express agreement or reservation.
- Rephrase when you lose a word.
Official source: France Éducation international — TCF Canada.
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