TEF Canada Exam Prep

Yes. TEF Canada is accepted by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada for Express Entry, permanent residence, and Canadian citizenship.

Each of the four skills is scored from 0 to 699. Listening and reading are machine-scored. Writing and speaking are rated by trained examiners. For each skill, your certificate also gives a CEFR level and an NCLC level, plus a column called Old score equivalence, which is the one IRCC asks for in an Express Entry profile.

On the score out of 699, CLB 7 runs from 434 to 461 in listening and in reading, from 428 to 471 in writing, and from 456 to 493 in speaking. In the Old score equivalence column, which IRCC uses for Express Entry, it runs from 249 to 279 in listening, from 207 to 232 in reading, and from 310 to 348 in writing and in speaking. You must reach the level in all four skills, not on average.

Results are valid for two years from the test date, and they must still be valid when you submit your immigration or citizenship application.

Le francais des affaires issues the official certificate by email, usually within 1 to 15 days of your exam.

The full four-module TEF Canada is CAD $390 at most Alliance Francaise centres in Canada, with a non-refundable $100 cancellation fee. A two-module version for citizenship is about CAD $195. Prices differ by country, so confirm with your centre.

In the listening section, the street-interview (micro-trottoir) questions, where 3 people answer the same question, now give three answer choices instead of four, and some segments may be played twice. The section still has 40 questions and the score scales are unchanged.

Neither is officially harder. They use different formats and question styles, so the better fit depends on your strengths. Many candidates try practice questions for both before they choose.