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TEF & TCF Canada Speaking Phrasebook (Expression orale)

Phrase banks, step-by-step scripts, sample dialogues and 100 practice prompts for every speaking task

This phrasebook gives you the French you need for every TEF Canada and TCF Canada speaking task, with the real timings. For each task you get a step-by-step script, an original sample dialogue and 20 practice questions or situations. It also covers rescue phrases for when you freeze, pronunciation and liaison tips, and a rubric to score your own recordings.

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What’s inside

Timings for TCF Tasks 1–3 and TEF Sections A and B on one page
Rescue phrases: buying time, asking to repeat, reacting, agreeing and disagreeing
Phrase banks for introducing yourself, asking polite questions, giving opinions and persuading
A step-by-step script for each of the five speaking tasks
Five original sample dialogues and monologues
100 practice questions and situations, 20 per task
Pronunciation and liaison tips for the sounds that cause the most confusion
A self-recording rubric and a two-week speaking routine

Who it’s for: Anyone preparing TEF Canada or TCF Canada speaking who wants ready phrases, a plan for each task and prompts to practise with, aiming for NCLC 7.

01The speaking tasks at a glanceTwo exams, five tasks. Know the clock and the job of each one before you learn a single phrase.
02Rescue phrases: keep talking when you freezeBuy time, ask for a repeat, react and agree or disagree. These work in every task.
03TCF Canada Task 1: the guided interview2 minutes, no preparation. The examiner asks about you. Answer in three or four sentences, not one word and not a speech.
04TCF Canada Task 2: the interaction5 min 30 including 2 minutes of prep. An everyday situation; the examiner plays the other person; you ask the questions.
05TEF Canada Section A: obtain information5 minutes. A situation where you need details: ask many short, clear, polite questions in a sensible order.
06TCF Canada Task 3: give and defend your opinion4 min 30, no preparation. Take a clear side, give reasons with examples, answer the examiner's follow-ups.
07TEF Canada Section B: persuade and convince10 minutes. Convince the examiner, who isn't convinced and pushes back. Structure gets you through, not vocabulary.
08Pronunciation and liaison tipsYou don't need a perfect accent. You need to be easy to understand: the right vowels, the right liaisons, silent letters left silent.
09Record yourself: rubric and two-week routineRecording is the fastest way to hear what the examiner hears. Score it, fix one thing, record again.
10Book your exam seatYour phrases are ready. Now make sure you have a date to use them on.

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Questions

TCF Canada speaking takes about 12 minutes: 2 minutes, 5 min 30 (including 2 minutes of prep) and 4 min 30. TEF Canada speaking takes about 15 minutes: Section A is 5 minutes and Section B is 10 minutes.

Yes. « Pardon, pouvez-vous répéter, s'il vous plaît ? » is a normal part of a conversation and much better than staying silent.

Memorise phrases and structures, not whole answers. The tasks check that you can respond to the exact question or situation, and a recited speech rarely fits it.

10/20 on TCF Canada, or 310/450 on TEF Canada using the ancien score that IRCC uses. On TCF, 9/20 is NCLC 6.