give the "TEF: Test d’évaluation de français" - upto additional 26 points

[MMCanada2014]

Re: give the "TEF: Test d'évaluation de français" - upto additional 26 points

Oh.. This gave me a clear picture of how DELF is evaluated on basis of CLB although I had an idea of evaluation of scores for each of the four sections is given for french language.. But thanks the_lion, I had some idea of what to do now as was confused until your post.. As you mentioned DELF is of different levels and each test has to be taken, however, let me quote my situation. I started learning the language now and after the completion of each level after a long way, I can attend the exam DELF A1, A2, B1, B2 individually.. In my home country the fee of A1, A2, B1, B2 is the same as fee of TEF exam for a single attempt. So I think a step by step test gives me more confidence and costs the same as one attempt of TEF a bit more or less. I don't want to say you were wrong with your post and surely agree with you. Now can you please tell me if I can end up learning B1 confident as this takes me atleast 3 to 4 months and if I can do good with Delf b1 as it was of CLB 5 or 6 or better that I go with TEF once.. ??

Thanks

DELF IS NOT ACCEPTABLE BY CIC. This is very clear

You can take TEF exam whenever you wwant

 

[adex100]

Hello - Could somebody provide me detail or a link on what range corresponds to what level for each of the Items Speaking, listening, reading and Writing

 

[Joul]

Hello - Could somebody provide me detail or a link on what range corresponds to what level for each of the Items Speaking, listening, reading and Writing

Hi,

Hope this is what you are looking for:

Test d'évaluation de français (TEF) – Test score equivalency chart for reports issued on or after April 1, 2014
CLB Level Reading Writing Listening Speaking
10 263-277 393-415 316-333 393-415
9 248-262 371-392 298-315 371-392
8 233-247 349-370 280-297 349-370
7 207-232 310-348 249-279 310-348
6 181-206 271-309 217-248 271-309
5 151-180 226-270 181-216 226-270
4 121-150 181-225 145-180 181-225

Test d'évaluation de français (TEF) – Test score equivalency chart for reports issued before April 1, 2014
CLB Level Reading Writing Listening Speaking
10 263-277 393-415 316-333 393-415
9 248-262 372-392 298-315 372-392
8 233-247 349-371 280-297 349-371
7 206-232 309-348 248-279 309-348
6 181-205 271-308 217-247 271-308
5 150-180 225-270 180-216 225-270
4 121-149 181-224 145-179 181-224



More details here http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/language/charts.asp

 

[munjal]

For anyone who has no / very little knowledge of French, the time to reach to CLB7 (Equivalent to DELFB2 Level) will be minimum 1.5 to 2 years.

French is very tough language. It has different accent.
You will be easily able to reach upto CLB4 level, as upto here everything will be elementary level,beginner level.
But as you progress towards intermediate / advanced level, things will become tougher and tougher.

You need to learn conjugation and grammar which is the toughest part of french.

 

[jammin24]

Hi,

Hope this is what you are looking for:

Test d'évaluation de français (TEF) – Test score equivalency chart for reports issued on or after April 1, 2014
CLB Level Reading Writing Listening Speaking
10 263-277 393-415 316-333 393-415
9 248-262 371-392 298-315 371-392
8 233-247 349-370 280-297 349-370
7 207-232 310-348 249-279 310-348
6 181-206 271-309 217-248 271-309
5 151-180 226-270 181-216 226-270
4 121-150 181-225 145-180 181-225

Test d'évaluation de français (TEF) – Test score equivalency chart for reports issued before April 1, 2014
CLB Level Reading Writing Listening Speaking
10 263-277 393-415 316-333 393-415
9 248-262 372-392 298-315 372-392
8 233-247 349-371 280-297 349-371
7 206-232 309-348 248-279 309-348
6 181-205 271-308 217-247 271-308
5 150-180 225-270 180-216 225-270
4 121-149 181-224 145-179 181-224

I'm a bit confused here because the maximum score doesn't correspond with the maximum score on the test (ie, for reading, the CIC scale says the max score is 277 but on the test, the max score is 300. What happens if your score is between 277 and 300? Thanks.

 

[defintelyguru]

I'm a bit confused here because the maximum score doesn't correspond with the maximum score on the test (ie, for reading, the CIC scale says the max score is 277 but on the test, the max score is 300. What happens if your score is between 277 and 300? Thanks.

In that case, you get CLB 11 or 12, and you still score maximum points in CRS.

 

[jammin24]

In that case, you get CLB 11 or 12, and you still score maximum points in CRS.

Thanks much. I was confused because I figured if that was the case, they would just leave it open-ended for the top scores instead of giving a cut-off. But I guess I was overthinking it.

 

[deadbird]

I gave the TEF sometime back. My experience in French can be described as somewhere in the spectrum of novice to intermediate, but I thought I could manage a few CRS points. I ended up getting :
A2 - Reading, A2- Listening, B1 - writing, A1 - Speaking. But this counted for zero CRS points.

It's a pretty tough exam and very hard to game. You kind of HAVE to know French.

 

[munjal]

I gave the TEF sometime back. My experience in French can be described as somewhere in the spectrum of novice to intermediate, but I thought I could manage a few CRS points. I ended up getting :
A2 - Reading, A2- Listening, B1 - writing, A1 - Speaking. But this counted for zero CRS points.

It's a pretty tough exam and very hard to game. You kind of HAVE to know French.

Hi deadbird,
thanks for sharing your scores here.

pls can you share how much time you took to learn French before giving the TEF exam?

 

[deadbird]

Hi deadbird,
thanks for sharing your scores here.

pls can you share how much time you took to learn French before giving the TEF exam?

Caveat, I wasn't too serious about the TEF exam. My goal with taking the TEF, was to check out the format, and assess the difficulty level so that I could prepare properly if I took it at a later date.

I lived in France for some time, so I can kind of speak broken and ungrammatical french. For TEF specifically, I prepared about 2 hours a day for maybe 2 weeks using Duolingo as my main source.

In retrospect, I would advise a much more rigorous preparation. Some additional tips...
* Listen/watch a lot of French news, especially those with subtitles.
* Download the TEF mobile app, they have a bunch of sample exams.
* Attend meetups and converse with french speaking people.

 

[munjal]

thanks deadbird for your replies..

That was really great of you to get this score in just 2 weeks time..
well I have cleared upto DELF A2 level but that was almost 3 years ago.. so need to revive my french knowledge again..
In my city, there is an Alliance Francaise center.. so I will join this.

But where to find french news?

and can you suggest any books or other useful material for preparation of TEF exam.

Thanks in advance.

Caveat, I wasn't too serious about the TEF exam. My goal with taking the TEF, was to check out the format, and assess the difficulty level so that I could prepare properly if I took it at a later date.

I lived in France for some time, so I can kind of speak broken and ungrammatical french. For TEF specifically, I prepared about 2 hours a day for maybe 2 weeks using Duolingo as my main source.

In retrospect, I would advise a much more rigorous preparation. Some additional tips...
* Listen/watch a lot of French news, especially those with subtitles.
* Download the TEF mobile app, they have a bunch of sample exams.
* Attend meetups and converse with french speaking people.

 

[NaKu80]

Hi!

My question is, especially regarding the Ontario French Speaking Nominee Program, if I score B2 at 3 sections of TEF and B1 at one section:

1. Should I take all the sections again, or
2. Only the part needs to be completed to B2?

As far as I read from their site, they ask each section to be at B2 level and overall B2.
But should it be only one exam, all sections with B2 or can we combine different exam sections with B2 scores?

Thank you in advance for your answers.

 

[sariputra]

Re: give the "TEF: Test d'évaluation de français" - upto additional 26 points

If you did pretty well on the DELF B1 then you should definitely be able to prepare and do reasonably well on the TEF too (and get some good extra EE points!). I didn't prepare that much for the exam itself (I didn't look for any extra information on it other than the guide you get when you enroll and pay for it) but I did borrow a few novels in French from the library to read during the weeks before the exam date and made sure to listen to podcasts in French (especially those that have not only one person talking but multiple people having conversations).

The reading, writing, and listening sections were pretty standard (like I said, questions went from easy to more difficult). Writing had you write a letter at the end, I can't recall what it was about but I remember I changed my mind about how to structure it after I was already halfway through it and went back to restructure it, which I probably shouldn't have done because I ended up not having enough time to finish it.

I do remember exactly what speaking was about though. It basically had two parts. In the first one they showed me a picture of a cooking classes ad they took from a newspaper and then asked me to pretend I was calling the number on the ad to ask for more information on the classes and I had 10 minutes for that (I basically kept on asking more and more questions and cracking jokes until the time ran out). In the second part I was shown yet another newspaper ad but this one was about a dog adoption centre, then one of the interviewers acted like she was my friend and she really loved cats but disliked dogs, and I was supposed to try and convince her to adopt a dog and had 20 minutes to do so. So it does depend a lot on the subject you're given to talk about, you might get a topic you know nothing about and then you will have to improvise or go a little off-topic, but I think the key here is just keeping the conversation alive until the time runs out.

Si t'as d'autres questions pour préparer le TEF, hésite pas hein... ben en tout cas je connais pas mal de podcasts que j'essaie d'écouter régulièrement et je trouve ça aide à habituer l'oreille.

Hi dear

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