TCF (Test de Connaissance du Français)
The Test de Connaissance du Français (TCF) is a French language proficiency test for non-native speakers of French who wish to evaluate and have their level of proficiency certified for professional, academic or personal reasons.
What is TCF?
The Test de Connaissance du Français (TCF) is a French language proficiency test for non-native speakers of French who wish to evaluate and have their level of proficiency certified for professional, academic or personal reasons.
Why take the TCF?
Work: A TCF certificate is a proof of your language knowledge and abilities to support job applications.
Study: The TCF meets French language requirements for application to graduate studies at French universities.
Personal: Each person can obtain an evaluation of his/her speaking, writing and comprehension skills in French with a TCF test.
TCF Format
3 compulsory tests (76 items – 1 hr. 25 min)
- Listening Comprehension (29 items – 25 min)
Command of lexical and grammatical structures (18 items – 15 min) - Reading Comprehension (29 items – 45 min)
2 optional tests - Written Expression (1 hr)
- Oral Expression (12 min)
For more information about TCF, visit france-education-international.fr/test/tcf-tout-public.