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TEF Canada & Québec, level C1

You understand long, demanding texts and implicit meaning, express yourself fluently and spontaneously, and use French effectively for work and study.

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What you can do at C1

You understand long, demanding texts and implicit meaning, express yourself fluently and spontaneously, and use French effectively for work and study.

At C1, the focus is nuance: concession, formal register, the passive and nominalisation, irony and implicit meaning.

Exam lessons at level C1

Each levelled course (TCF, TEF) has one full lesson per level.

  1. C1

    From the course · TEF Canada & TEFAQ Listening: A1 to C2

    C1 · Debates and commentaries

    Follow several speakers in a debate, understand their strategies and the commentator’s tone.

    15 min9 activities
  2. C1

    From the course · TEF Canada Reading: A1 to C2

    C1 · Opinion pieces: tone and intention

    Analyse opinion columns and letters to the editor: the thesis, the tone, the intention and the implicit.

    14 min8 activities
  3. C1

    From the course · TEF Canada Writing: A1 to C2

    C1 · Section B: the argued letter

    Write the letter of section B: react to a statement, defend your position with structured arguments, at least 200 words.

    17 min8 activities
  4. C1

    From the course · TEF Canada & TEFAQ Speaking: A1 to C2

    C1 · Answer objections and persuade

    Handle every objection of section B: acknowledge, reframe, propose a solution, and keep the friendly tone.

    15 min8 activities
  5. C1

    From the course · TEF Canada Grammar & Vocabulary: A1 to C2

    C1 · Administrative and formal French

    Understand and use the structures of official texts: impersonal forms, the passive, nominalisation and formal vocabulary.

    14 min8 activities