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Hello everyone , for anyone interested in TCF Canada I've got all the official training material, it's easier than TEF I think , I took it a few months ago and it was really easy , you can easily get a B2 level if you put little effort in it.
 
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UniSaverH said:
Hello everyone , for anyone interested in TCF Canada I've got all the official training material, it's easier than TEF I think , I took it a few months ago and it was really easy , you can easily get a B2 level if you put little effort in it.
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What was your level of french before you started preparing for TCF and what level did you eventually get?
 
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To generalize that TCF is easier than TEF or even the other way around will not be RIGHT. All the language tests (IELTS, TOEFL, TEF, TCF) are designed in such a manner that they will find out your true CLB level. Trust me, I have given most of those exams. In some cases, you may obtain a level above your actual level by doing rigorous exam-specific preparation but even for that, your actual level has to be between B1-B2.

As far as my decision to go for TEF and not TCF, In India, TCF is only conducted by AF Delhi and that too only 1-2 times in the year without much gap. Whereas TEF is conducted by AF Chandigarh, AF Mumbai, AF Chennai and is available all around the year (even the e-TEF version which I preferred).

Don't be under the impression that one test is easier than the other one. You will need to develop a sufficient level to clear any such language test.
 
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smash1984 said:
What was your level of french before you started preparing for TCF and what level did you eventually get?
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I'm a native speaker, I started preparing two weeks prior to the test, I got a C2 CEFR level but it means nothing as I speak the language since childhood, I'm stating that the TCF is easier based on personal experience, both my cousin and my brother took the TEF while I took the TCF , we all thought that TCF is easier to a certain extent than TEF, but this is my personal view and not a general rule.
 
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bbarters said:
To generalize that TCF is easier than TEF or even the other way around will not be RIGHT. All the language tests (IELTS, TOEFL, TEF, TCF) are designed in such a manner that they will find out your true CLB level. Trust me, I have given most of those exams. In some cases, you may obtain a level above your actual level by doing rigorous exam-specific preparation but even for that, your actual level has to be between B1-B2.

As far as my decision to go for TEF and not TCF, In India, TCF is only conducted by AF Delhi and that too only 1-2 times in the year without much gap. Whereas TEF is conducted by AF Chandigarh, AF Mumbai, AF Chennai and is available all around the year (even the e-TEF version which I preferred).

Don't be under the impression that one test is easier than the other one. You will need to develop a sufficient level to clear any such language test.
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your logic is true but it really depends on people and how the test is built , we are all different from each others with different types of intelligence and reasoning so one may find that a test is more easier than an other just because how the questions are presented, for example when it comes to English tests a vast majority of people who took both the IELTS and TOEFLl , find the latter more difficult maybe because of how the test is presented and its content , some will even tell you to avoid CELPIP deemed more harder than both his counterpart so it depends on people really.
 
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UniSaverH said:
I'm a native speaker, I started preparing two weeks prior to the test, I got a C2 CEFR level but it means nothing as I speak the language since childhood, I'm stating that the TCF is easier based on personal experience, both my cousin and my brother took the TEF while I took the TCF , we all thought that TCF is easier to a certain extent than TEF, but this is my personal view and not a general rule.
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Oh, being native speaker it must be a breeze for you.

A nigerian applicant here learned French from scratch in 6 to 9 months and ended up getting all the sections at B2 or above in the TEF. I was wondering if you were a similar case.
 
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smash1984 said:
Oh, being native speaker it must be a breeze for you.

A nigerian applicant here learned French from scratch in 6 to 9 months and ended up getting all the sections at B2 or above in the TEF. I was wondering if you were a similar case.
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to get to B2 in just a short span of time is amazing, it's an easy language in its core but with so much rules and complexities to grab, congrats
 
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@rishi.hpd @Rac23 @maplemom

Material sent , please note that I attached a few TEF material too.

Note to everybody in this thread, I will start volunteering giving lessons to people learning french or preparing the exam, I know how much people are fighting to get a shot at an ITA so if I can help out to get someone a step closer I will be more than happy to do it. Good luck guys
 
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