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sutyfornow
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Tef grading for me was confusing. I did the computer version and got 245. I tried calculating with or without penalties couldn't figure out how that grade was obtained. The instructor said no penalties. I really have no idea how it is graded.
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Friends, does a wrong answer knock off the marks of a corrent one? Also, the validity of tef is one year?
Not anymore (as we have been informed by the members of this forum).sutyfornow said:
No. 2 years.sutyfornow said:
Yes I am. For your reference, search for the term "Mauvaise" in the following TEF manual.sutyfornow said:
alliance-francaise.ca/images/exam-registration-form/manuel-candidat-tef-canada.pdf
I also strongly suggest that. I found the test easier than the IELTS in many aspects, especially the speaking part._KK_ said:
I took my TEF exam last year. It was a strange exam and most of it had to be done through a laptop they provided me.
The speaking part is very complicated, there were two very short role-plays…. so depending on the topic or role you were thrown you could score well or terribly. One of mine was something to do with going on a skiing holiday and my friend (the examiner) didn't want to go and I had to try and convince them in something that seemed like a minute…. I tried but thinking on the spot of a reason to convince someone to go make-believe skiing just wasn't something I did well… I ran out of arguments to go after the second one and it didn't help that the examiner kept dismissing my suggestions… I'm sure I was marked negatively or "failing" to convince the examiner to go make-believe skiing.
I have sat French proficiency exams in Canada for the workplace, university and the government and scored in the highest ranges along with Canadian francophones, yet going on my TEF result you'd swear I'd barely spent two days in France.
My absolute favourite part was when IRCC calculated my Express entry points and I discovered your second language test counts for barely any points compared to your first language test.
Surely if one language is 100 points the second one should score you another potential 100…...
Seems like a simple solution to the not enough people here are bilingual and they are trying to get more French-speakers… it's really not rocket science. 25 points just doesn't seem fair for $400+ for a badly designed and evaluated exam.
And that ends my rant on my TEF exam. Sorry everybody!
The speaking part is very complicated, there were two very short role-plays…. so depending on the topic or role you were thrown you could score well or terribly. One of mine was something to do with going on a skiing holiday and my friend (the examiner) didn't want to go and I had to try and convince them in something that seemed like a minute…. I tried but thinking on the spot of a reason to convince someone to go make-believe skiing just wasn't something I did well… I ran out of arguments to go after the second one and it didn't help that the examiner kept dismissing my suggestions… I'm sure I was marked negatively or "failing" to convince the examiner to go make-believe skiing.
I have sat French proficiency exams in Canada for the workplace, university and the government and scored in the highest ranges along with Canadian francophones, yet going on my TEF result you'd swear I'd barely spent two days in France.
My absolute favourite part was when IRCC calculated my Express entry points and I discovered your second language test counts for barely any points compared to your first language test.
Surely if one language is 100 points the second one should score you another potential 100…...
Seems like a simple solution to the not enough people here are bilingual and they are trying to get more French-speakers… it's really not rocket science. 25 points just doesn't seem fair for $400+ for a badly designed and evaluated exam.
And that ends my rant on my TEF exam. Sorry everybody!
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I was thinking the same. I don't speak French though. I have started attending classes.