French Courses
TCF- Test de Connaissance du Français
The TCF is a French language test offered by the French Ministry of Education:
TCF assesses a person’s level of French for general purposes. It is intended for people who are not native French-speakers and who wish to assess and certify their skills in French in a simple, reliable and timely fashion, for any number of reasons.
All candidates receive a certificate of results that places them on the six-level scale (from A1 to C2) established by the Council of Europe (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
It is therefore impossible to fail the TCF.
The certificate delivered after the test is valid for two years. This test is intended for:
Anybody who wants his/her French-language skills assessed for:
- Professional reasons: the TCF certificate is a benchmark of one's language abilities and may be used to endorse job applications or applications for internal promotion.
- Personal reasons: the TCF provides a snapshot of one's proficiency in French at the time the test is taken.
Final year undergraduates, postgraduate students, and students at the French Grandes Ecoles: the TCF is systematically required by higher education institutes for any student who wishes to apply for final year undergraduate study or postgraduate study.
It is composed of: Three compulsory tests (total of 1h25)
o Reading comprehension
o Listening comprehension
o Language structures
Optional test : Written expression (total of 1 hour)