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Rehearse the TEF speaking test before it counts

A real timed Section A call. You phone about an ad, Cadi plays the advertiser, the clock runs five minutes. Then you see which criteria you hit and missed, with your own words quoted.

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Your task: call the owner and ask about ten questions. There is a catch in this one.

Cadila propriétaire5:00

Allô ?

Bonjour, je vous appelle pour l’annonce du 4 ½.

  1. Pick your exam and date

    TEF or TCF, when it is, the level you need. Three taps.

  2. Make the call

    Five minutes on the clock. No hints, no corrections during the call, just like the exam.

  3. See what examiners look for

    Relevant questions, handling the unexpected, quality of the exchange: hit, partly or missed, with quotes.

After the call, the criteria examiners use

Every line of feedback quotes something you actually said. What you hit, what was partly there, what you missed, and one thing to try next time.

  • Hit
  • Partly
  • Missed

Section A · the Rosemont 4½

You hit 4 of 7 things examiners look for.

  • Relevant questionsEst-ce que le chauffage est inclus ?
  • Right registerPourriez-vous me dire
  • Quality of the exchangeD’accord, et pour la visite ?React to each answer before the next question (“Ah, je vois…”).
  • Initiative and the unexpectedWhen the answer is vague (“ça dépend”), ask a precise follow-up: “Ça dépend de quoi, exactement ?”

+ 3 more criteria, and the mistakes we caught

Practice feedback against the published TEF criteria. It is not a score and does not predict your NCLC level.

Then a plan to your exam date

Baseline, Build, Mock, Exam week. One timed task a day (Section A calls and Section B “convince a friend” debates), more of the section you miss most, a full mock three days before, and the mistakes from every attempt in Review.

  1. Baseline
  2. Build
  3. Mock
  4. Exam week

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Questions

TEF oral scores and NCLC (context, not a prediction)

Since 10 Dec 2023 the TEF oral is scored out of 699. These are the IRCC equivalences for speaking. We never estimate yours.

LevelTEF oral scoreRange on the 699 scale
NCLC 5387–421
NCLC 6422–455
NCLC 7456–493
NCLC 8494–517
NCLC 9518–555
NCLC 10556–699

Five minutes on the clock. Make the call.

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