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<h1 style="color: #ffffff; text-align: center;">TCF French Proficiency Test</h1>
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The Test de Connaissance du Français (TCF) is a standardised French-language assessment administered by France Éducation international. It places candidates on the CEFR scale and is widely used for study, work, migration, and nationality applications in France and beyond.
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">What is the TCF?</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">
Unlike the DELF and DALF, which award a lifelong diploma at a level you choose, the TCF is a placement test. It evaluates your French skills and positions you on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) scale from A1 to C2. Your TCF score is valid for two years.
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The TCF is suitable for students applying to French universities, professionals seeking to demonstrate language ability, visa and residency applicants, and anyone pursuing French nationality or integration pathways.
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Test, Not Diploma</h3>
<p style="text-align: center;">The TCF measures your current level rather than certifying a chosen diploma level.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">CEFR Placement</h3>
<p style="text-align: center;">Results place you on the A1 to C2 scale based on your performance.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Two-Year Validity</h3>
<p style="text-align: center;">TCF results remain valid for two years from the date of the test.</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">CEFR Levels Assessed by the TCF</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">The TCF can place candidates anywhere across the six CEFR proficiency levels.</p>
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<h3>A1</h3>
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Beginner<br />
Basic everyday expressions and simple interactions.
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<h3>A2</h3>
<p>Elementary<br />Routine tasks and straightforward information exchange.</p>
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<p>Intermediate<br />Dealing with most situations while travelling and expressing opinions.</p>
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<h3>B2</h3>
<p>Upper Intermediate<br />Understanding complex text and interacting with native speakers fluently.</p>
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<h3>C1</h3>
<p>Advanced<br />Expressing ideas fluently and using language flexibly for social and professional purposes.</p>
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<h3>C2</h3>
<p>Proficient<br />Understanding virtually everything heard or read with ease.</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">TCF Exam Format</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">The core TCF evaluates five language competencies. Some variants may require only specific components.</p>
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<h3>Listening Comprehension</h3>
<p>Understand spoken French in everyday and formal contexts through recorded dialogues and monologues.</p>
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<h3>Reading Comprehension</h3>
<p>Read and interpret a range of texts, from notices and advertisements to longer articles and essays.</p>
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<h3>Language Structures</h3>
<p>Demonstrate command of French grammar and vocabulary through targeted multiple-choice questions.</p>
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<templates:card bgcolor="#ffffff" color="#000000" cardSize="md" style="padding: 20px; margin: 10px; text-align: center;">
<standard:icon library="fontawesome" iconstyle="solid" iconname="pen" style="width: 50px; height: 50px; background-color: #d91f2f; color: #ffffff; padding: 12px; border-radius: 50%;" />
<h3>Written Expression</h3>
<p>Produce written French in response to prompts, showing coherence, accuracy, and range.</p>
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<h3>Oral Expression</h3>
<p>Engage in a spoken interview or structured tasks to assess pronunciation, fluency, and interaction.</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">TCF Variants</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">Choose the TCF version that matches your goals.</p>
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<h3>TCF Tout Public</h3>
<p>The general TCF for personal, academic, or professional purposes.</p>
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<templates:column width="6">
<h3>TCF IRN</h3>
<p>For integration, residence, and nationality applications in France.</p>
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</templates:row>
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<h3>TCF DAP</h3>
<p>Required for certain preliminary admission applications to French universities.</p>
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<h3>TCF Québec</h3>
<p>Designed for immigration applications to the Canadian province of Québec.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">TCF ANF</h3>
<p style="text-align: center;">The Access to French Nationality test, assessing oral and listening skills.</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Upcoming Exams<br /></h2>
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<h1 style="color: #ffffff; text-align: center;">TCF French Proficiency Test</h1>
<p style="color: #ffffff; text-align: center; font-size: 1.125rem;">
The Test de Connaissance du Français (TCF) is a standardised French-language assessment administered by France Éducation international. It places candidates on the CEFR scale and is widely used for study, work, migration, and nationality applications in France and beyond.
</p>
<div style="text-align: center; margin-top: 2rem;">
<templates:button variant="Classic" bgcolor="#d91f2f" color="#ffffff" borderRadius="35" href="/contact/">Register Your Interest</templates:button>
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<templates:section bgcolor="#fffde7" paddingTop="4rem" paddingBottom="4rem" contentSize="md">
<templates:row verticalAlignColumns="flex-start">
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">What is the TCF?</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">
Unlike the DELF and DALF, which award a lifelong diploma at a level you choose, the TCF is a placement test. It evaluates your French skills and positions you on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) scale from A1 to C2. Your TCF score is valid for two years.
</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
The TCF is suitable for students applying to French universities, professionals seeking to demonstrate language ability, visa and residency applicants, and anyone pursuing French nationality or integration pathways.
</p>
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</templates:row>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Test, Not Diploma</h3>
<p style="text-align: center;">The TCF measures your current level rather than certifying a chosen diploma level.</p>
</templates:column>
<templates:column width="4">
<h3 style="text-align: center;">CEFR Placement</h3>
<p style="text-align: center;">Results place you on the A1 to C2 scale based on your performance.</p>
</templates:column>
<templates:column width="4">
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Two-Year Validity</h3>
<p style="text-align: center;">TCF results remain valid for two years from the date of the test.</p>
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<templates:section bgcolor="#ffffff" paddingTop="4rem" paddingBottom="4rem" contentsize="md">
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">CEFR Levels Assessed by the TCF</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">The TCF can place candidates anywhere across the six CEFR proficiency levels.</p>
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<h3>A1</h3>
<p>
Beginner<br />
Basic everyday expressions and simple interactions.
</p>
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<templates:card bgcolor="#f7d3d8" color="#000000" cardsize="sm" style="padding: 20px; margin: 10px; text-align: center;">
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<templates:card bgcolor="#f7d3d8" color="#000000" cardsize="sm" style="padding: 20px; margin: 10px; text-align: center;">
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<templates:card bgcolor="#f7d3d8" color="#000000" cardsize="sm" style="padding: 20px; margin: 10px; text-align: center;">
<h3>B2</h3>
<p>Upper Intermediate<br />Understanding complex text and interacting with native speakers fluently.</p>
</templates:card>
<templates:card bgcolor="#f7d3d8" color="#000000" cardsize="sm" style="padding: 20px; margin: 10px; text-align: center;">
<h3>C1</h3>
<p>Advanced<br />Expressing ideas fluently and using language flexibly for social and professional purposes.</p>
</templates:card>
<templates:card bgcolor="#f7d3d8" color="#000000" cardsize="sm" style="padding: 20px; margin: 10px; text-align: center;">
<h3>C2</h3>
<p>Proficient<br />Understanding virtually everything heard or read with ease.</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">TCF Exam Format</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">The core TCF evaluates five language competencies. Some variants may require only specific components.</p>
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</templates:row>
<templates:flexlayout style="justify-content: center; align-items: stretch; margin-top: 2rem;">
<templates:card bgcolor="#ffffff" color="#000000" cardSize="md" style="padding: 20px; margin: 10px; text-align: center;">
<standard:icon library="fontawesome" iconstyle="solid" iconname="headphones" style="width: 50px; height: 50px; background-color: #d91f2f; color: #ffffff; padding: 12px; border-radius: 50%;" />
<h3>Listening Comprehension</h3>
<p>Understand spoken French in everyday and formal contexts through recorded dialogues and monologues.</p>
</templates:card>
<templates:card bgcolor="#ffffff" color="#000000" cardSize="md" style="padding: 20px; margin: 10px; text-align: center;">
<standard:icon library="fontawesome" iconstyle="solid" iconname="book-open" style="width: 50px; height: 50px; background-color: #d91f2f; color: #ffffff; padding: 12px; border-radius: 50%;" />
<h3>Reading Comprehension</h3>
<p>Read and interpret a range of texts, from notices and advertisements to longer articles and essays.</p>
</templates:card>
<templates:card bgcolor="#ffffff" color="#000000" cardSize="md" style="padding: 20px; margin: 10px; text-align: center;">
<standard:icon library="fontawesome" iconstyle="solid" iconname="language" style="width: 50px; height: 50px; background-color: #d91f2f; color: #ffffff; padding: 12px; border-radius: 50%;" />
<h3>Language Structures</h3>
<p>Demonstrate command of French grammar and vocabulary through targeted multiple-choice questions.</p>
</templates:card>
<templates:card bgcolor="#ffffff" color="#000000" cardSize="md" style="padding: 20px; margin: 10px; text-align: center;">
<standard:icon library="fontawesome" iconstyle="solid" iconname="pen" style="width: 50px; height: 50px; background-color: #d91f2f; color: #ffffff; padding: 12px; border-radius: 50%;" />
<h3>Written Expression</h3>
<p>Produce written French in response to prompts, showing coherence, accuracy, and range.</p>
</templates:card>
<templates:card bgcolor="#ffffff" color="#000000" cardSize="md" style="padding: 20px; margin: 10px; text-align: center;">
<standard:icon library="fontawesome" iconstyle="solid" iconname="microphone" style="width: 50px; height: 50px; background-color: #d91f2f; color: #ffffff; padding: 12px; border-radius: 50%;" />
<h3>Oral Expression</h3>
<p>Engage in a spoken interview or structured tasks to assess pronunciation, fluency, and interaction.</p>
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</templates:flexlayout>
</templates:section>
<templates:section bgcolor="#ffffff" paddingTop="4rem" paddingBottom="0rem" contentSize="md">
<templates:row>
<templates:column width="12">
<h2 style="text-align: center;">TCF Variants</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">Choose the TCF version that matches your goals.</p>
</templates:column>
</templates:row>
<templates:row verticalAlignColumns="flex-start" style="margin-top: 2rem;">
<templates:column width="6">
<h3>TCF Tout Public</h3>
<p>The general TCF for personal, academic, or professional purposes.</p>
</templates:column>
<templates:column width="6">
<h3>TCF IRN</h3>
<p>For integration, residence, and nationality applications in France.</p>
</templates:column>
</templates:row>
<templates:row verticalAlignColumns="flex-start" style="margin-top: 1rem;">
<templates:column width="6">
<h3>TCF DAP</h3>
<p>Required for certain preliminary admission applications to French universities.</p>
</templates:column>
<templates:column width="6">
<h3>TCF Québec</h3>
<p>Designed for immigration applications to the Canadian province of Québec.</p>
</templates:column>
</templates:row>
<templates:row verticalAlignColumns="flex-start" style="margin-top: 1rem;">
<templates:column width="12">
<h3 style="text-align: center;">TCF ANF</h3>
<p style="text-align: center;">The Access to French Nationality test, assessing oral and listening skills.</p>
</templates:column>
</templates:row>
</templates:section>
<templates:section bgcolor="#ffffff" paddingTop="6rem" paddingBottom="6rem" contentSize="lg">
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Upcoming Exams<br /></h2>
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