Tcf - test de connaissance du français
Le TCF
The Test de Connaissance du Français (TCF), designed by the CIEP (Centre international d’études pédagogiques) and accredited by the French Ministry of Education, is a French language proficiency test for non-native speakers of French who wish to evaluate and have their level of proficiency certified for professional, academic or personal reasons.
In general, the TCF grades and ranks candidates at one of the six levels (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 or C2) on a scale defined by the Council of
Europe (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). TCF grade results are reliable measurements for determining proficiency.
Each candidate is provided with a certificate stating their test results within two months of the test date, and is valid for 2 years.
Please consider the time period necessary to receive the certificate (around 2 months) if you want to apply for a school or immigration process.
Once received in our premises, we will send you a notification to come pick up your official test results, upon presentation of an official ID. Documents are only kept one calendar month.
If you will not be able to come pick it up, we offer a shipping service at $25. We can only send the official documents via certified mail. Please pay for shipping at the time of exam registration if you would like this service.
We offer the following TCF Exams. Please click on the exam to check if it's the right fit for your needs.
- TCP TP (Tous publics / All audiences)
- TCF ANF (Accès à la Nationalité Française)
- TCF Canada
- TCF QC (Québec)
- TCF DAP (Demande d'Accès Préalable)
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TCF TP/ all audiences
How is it composed?
Compulsory examinations
- Listening (29 questions)
- Proficiency in language structures (18 questions)
- Reading (29 questions)
Optional examinations
- Speaking (12 minutes)
- Writing (60 minutes)
Details about the exam
Visit CIEP site for detailed information about TCF TP
Next Session (s)
- January 2020 - registration closed
- March 27, 2020
- May 22, 2020
- October 30, 2020
- Following session February 2021 TBD
Fees
For TCF TP [ Tout Public/All Audiences ]:
Compulsory test only (Listening and Reading, including Proficiency in language structures) : $160
Oral : $140
TCF ANF
For who ?
As of January 1, 2012, persons wishing to acquire French nationality must attest to their level of spoken French.
TCF ANF (Test de Connaissance du Française pour l’accès à la nationalité française) can be used to meet this requirement.
Your certificate of “TCF pour l’accès à la nationalité française” is only valid to complete a request for French nationality acquisition.
You cannot use it for admission to a French university or to complete your request for emigration to Québec.
How is it composed?
The TCF ANF is composed of 2 compulsory sections:
- listening comprehension (29 questions - 30 minutes)
- speaking expression (3 tasks - 12-minute interview with an examiner)
New exam starting in April 2020. Details to be communicated mid-April 2020.
We expect the new format to be close to the TCF Tout public and to have :
- Listening
- Reading
- Speaking
- Writing
Details about the exam
Plus d'informations sur le TCF ANF (
in French only)
Manuel du candidat
Next Session (s)
- January 16, 2020 old format -registrations closed
- January 31 2020 old format - registrations closed
- April 24, 2020 new format
- May 29, 2020 new format
- September 25, 2020 new format
- October 30, 2020 new format
- December 4, 2020 new format
- Following session February 2021 TBD
FEES
For TCF ANF - New exam
Full exam only : $460
TCF Canada
For who ?
Any individual, regardless of his or her nationality and native language (including French citizens and citizens of Francophone countries), who would like to initiate the process for permanent economic immigration or for Canadian citizenship through Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). There are no exemptions for the TCF Canada.
The TCF Canada is a test that has been approved by IRCC.
How is it composed?
The TCF Canada consists of four mandatory parts. It evaluates general French language proficiency in listening comprehension, reading comprehension, speaking and writing.
- 39 multiple choice questions for listening comprehension;
- 39 multiple choice questions for the reading comprehension with only one correct answer possible;
- 3 speaking tasks, organized according to a progressively increasing level of difficulty;
- and 3 writing tasks, also with a progressively increasing level of difficulty.
The levels correspond to the benchmarks specified by the European Framework for Language Learning, Teaching and Evaluation as well as the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB).
You need to take all 4 exams.
Details about the exam
More informations about TCF Canada
Next Session (s) :
- February 7th, 2020 - registrations closed
- April 3, 2020
- June 5, 2020
- October 2nd, 2020
- November 6, 2020
- Following session February 2021 TBD
FEES
For TCF Canada.
All exams only : $ 460
TCF Québec
For who ?
The Quebec Ministry of Immigration (MICC) has required people submitting applications to immigrate to Quebec to provide proof of their level of competency in French by taking the "TCF pour le Québec", or TCF test for Quebec.
How is it composed?
The "TCF for Quebec" is comprised of 1 to 4 examinations.
- 29 multiple choice questions for oral comprehension
- 29 multiple choice questions for reading
- 3 tasks for speaking
- 3 tasks for writing
We strongly recommend you to take all 4 examination so you can get more points.
Details about the exam
More informations about TCF Quebec
Plus d'informations sur le TCF Quebec
Next Session (s) :
- January 24 2020 - registrations closed
- May 1st, 2020
- October 23, 2020
- Following session February 2021 TBD
FEES
For TCF Québec
Oral comprehension : $80
Reading : $80
Oral expression : $140
Writing : $140
TCF DAP
For who ?
Test de Connaissance du Français pour la Demande d'Admission Préalable (TCF pour DAP), an official test awarded by the French Ministry of Education, is designed to assess your French competency. Take this test if you do not have the DALF (Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française) or advanced diploma in French language, as it is useful for preliminary admission to undergraduate university studies and school of Architecture in France.
If I want to submit an application for licence 2, licence 3, master 1, master 2, business school or college, you do not have to take the TCF for DAP, but you have to take the TCF (or hold the DELF B2 , DALF C1 or DALF C2). In this case, you must apply for the TCF compulsory examinations (listening, language structures and reading). Depending on the establishment, it may require you to take the optional TCF writing examination and possibly the speaking examination.
Please always contact EACH school you wish to apply to in advance and check their requirements. We will not contact them for you.
How is it composed?
The TCF for DAP lasts a total of 3 hours.
The first part (1 hour 25 minutes) is comprised of:
- an listening examination: 29 questions
- a proficiency in language structures examination (grammar and lexicon): 18 questions
- a reading examination: 29 questions
The other part (1 hour 30 minutes) is a writing examination (two exercises to tackle: analysis of a visual document of at least 200 words +
an argumentation of at least 300 words).
Be careful! Your copy of the writing examination will not be marked if one or both of the exercises are not completed,if the minimum number of words for each exercise has not been followed, if one or both of the exercises are off-topic.
Next Session (s) :
- January 24, 2020 - registrations closed
- December 2020 TBC contact us to be on the waitlist for opening
We need a minimum of 3 candidates to organize an exam session. If the minimum required number of candidates is not reached, we will
offer you to register for the following session.
Manuel du candidat
FEES
for TCF DAP
Full exam only : $340
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