Hello! Great video thank you very much. I've got my TCF IRN in Tours (37) tomorrow afternoon. Just wondering about the French culture questions - you know - the things we studied during the 4 different classes inc Health Care System , Education, Logement, Emploi etc - were these included in the first 2 sections of the test or not at all? Eg Marseillaise signification, Valeurs FR, Emblemes etc? I'm British / my second time around in France : )
Thank you! There weren’t any questions directly related to anything learned in Formation Civique. It really just feels like a conversation so one will be an interaction at a store and the other will just be your opinion on a topic of the interviewer’s choice. Hope this helps and good luck!!! 😊
@@expatpasexpert Yes, confirm = my TCF IRN was all about the 4 skills (listening exercises, reading / comprehension, writing followed by 3 speaking exercises 1-1 with one of the officials. No mention of or testing how much info from the 4 courses had been absorbed. No mention of les poilus etc! Seemed to go very well. Results due in approx 3 weeks. Bring it on!
Hello thank you for this video so helpful !!! Tv5 has structure De la langue section… that’s not in the tcf irn it looks like ? Were the oral compression audios similar to the tcf5? Hope you passed !
Hi! Yes I did pass! 🥳 And you can skip the structure de la langue. It’s not included in the IRN version of the test. The oral comprehension is very similar to the test so it’s such a good way to practice! Good luck! ☺️
@expatpasexpert IIn the last part of the EO, did you speak the whole 3 and half minutes without a pause or was it an interaction? Thank you so much. Your video gave me a bit of ease.😊
@@lanaLUCAS1926 It was an interaction. The person was so nice. It was like going to a store and trying to interact with a sales person to buy a new phone.
Hi, I have my exam next Wednesday but haven’t been sent a manual. Your link below isn’t working for me. I don’t suppose you know of an alternative please?
@@expatpasexpert Thankyou. Knowing there was a manual out there, I found it with the help of google. Can I ask more about the exam please? For the oral comprehension, are the possible answers visible during the listening part? Or are they hidden until after the listening part is finished? Tcf had them visible and I now worry that this is the wrong way For the written expression, do you need to know the imparfait, conditional, futur proche etc? For the oral expression, the part which totally terrifies me, how hard is it really? My biggest issue is that I don’t leave the house very often due to anxiety and I’m going to have to travel to this exam on my own, to a place I’ve never been and then need to speak to a stranger. Even if this exam was in English, I can see I’d still struggle BTW, how did you do in the exam?
Thank you so much! This is so helpful. I had a few questions about the mechanics. (1) How do you monitor the time? Is there a timer on the computer? Should I have a stopwatch, or is that even allowed? (2) For the oral comprehension portion, can you see the questions before hearing the audio? (3) Do you have more than one question for each audio clip? [BTW Thank you for the TV Monde 5 tip. Very helpful] Also, are you given paper and pencil to make notes such as to remember facts [dates/numbers, etc] from the audio clips or is that not even an issue? I have a DELF B1 practice book and the audio passages are long [at least for my slow brain] ;-).
Glad it was helpful! 1. The computer will show you how much time you have left in each section. I doubt they would allow a stopwatch, but you won’t need one. 2. Yes, you will have a few seconds to start reading the answers before you hear the audio. 3. No. Each audio clip has a separate question. I believe you can use paper if you need to, but I wouldn’t recommend it because you won’t really have time. The one thing I wish I had done more of was practice typing on a French keyboard to be more comfortable with that, but I still had plenty of time to finish the written portion. Hope this helps! Good luck!!!
Hello, I have my TCF scheduled next week and i'm nervous like you said. Do they check for grammer to the core in expression ecrit and expression orale? If you dont mind, can you say if you just prepared for the exam or you did any french language course to take up the exam? In my case, i just learnt using youtube and online content. I'm able to understand, speak and write a bit but dont know if it is enough for B1 level. I'm sure you would have got B1 but share us the result to boost our hope and confidence. Thank you :)
Hi! I did pass! 🥳 I took classes through Greta as well as some through a local nonprofit, but honestly, the app and practice tests were the biggest help. If you can score well on those, the test is actually easier in my opinion! There are 17, so do them all if you can and time yourself to practice answering quickly. Best of luck!!!
HI, thx for the video. Can you tell how many tracks are there to listen in the 'comprehension orale', and how many lang. structure questions? Are these included in overall 20 questions, or they come after? Also, do you know anything about the paper-based exam, i can't really choose. I 've read everything, so have some idea, but maybe details to consider...? like in a paper-based ex you can omit the question if you didn't have enough time to read the 4 options after the track, and come back later. Or other similar things...
Hi! Glad you liked it! The compréhension orale has 20 questions to listen to. There are no language structure questions on the TCF IRN, but other TCF exams include a separate section with those. You can only listen to each track one time, so I think it would be hard to remember and come back to a question on a paper exam. The written portion and the compréhension écrite sections allow you to skip around between questions. The only real difficulty I found on the computer based was trying to type on the French keyboard, but I ended up with plenty of time for the writing portion in the end. The word count for the questions is pretty short (40-60 words). Hope this helps! ☺️
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Thanks for sharing. I am preparing TCF now and your experience helped a lot.
So glad to hear it! Good luck!!!
Hello! Great video thank you very much. I've got my TCF IRN in Tours (37) tomorrow afternoon. Just wondering about the French culture questions - you know - the things we studied during the 4 different classes inc Health Care System , Education, Logement, Emploi etc - were these included in the first 2 sections of the test or not at all? Eg Marseillaise signification, Valeurs FR, Emblemes etc? I'm British / my second time around in France : )
Thank you! There weren’t any questions directly related to anything learned in Formation Civique. It really just feels like a conversation so one will be an interaction at a store and the other will just be your opinion on a topic of the interviewer’s choice. Hope this helps and good luck!!! 😊
@@expatpasexpert Yes, confirm = my TCF IRN was all about the 4 skills (listening exercises, reading / comprehension, writing followed by 3 speaking exercises 1-1 with one of the officials. No mention of or testing how much info from the 4 courses had been absorbed. No mention of les poilus etc! Seemed to go very well. Results due in approx 3 weeks. Bring it on!
Nice! Hope you get it! 🎉😊
Hello thank you for this video so helpful !!! Tv5 has structure De la langue section… that’s not in the tcf irn it looks like ? Were the oral compression audios similar to the tcf5? Hope you passed !
Hi! Yes I did pass! 🥳 And you can skip the structure de la langue. It’s not included in the IRN version of the test. The oral comprehension is very similar to the test so it’s such a good way to practice! Good luck! ☺️
Merci beaucoup pour votre vdo🙏🙏🙏
Je vous en prie ☺️
Hello ma'am. Just wondering what were your final scores for EO and EE.. Merci.
Hi! I don’t have my exact number scores, but I scored B1 in each category. Hope this helps!
@expatpasexpert IIn the last part of the EO, did you speak the whole 3 and half minutes without a pause or was it an interaction? Thank you so much. Your video gave me a bit of ease.😊
@@lanaLUCAS1926 It was an interaction. The person was so nice. It was like going to a store and trying to interact with a sales person to buy a new phone.
Hi, I have my exam next Wednesday but haven’t been sent a manual. Your link below isn’t working for me. I don’t suppose you know of an alternative please?
I’m sorry! I guess it’s not current now. Try this site for more info: www.france-education-international.fr/en/test/tcf-tout-public?langue=en
I’ll see if I can find another version of the manual!
@@expatpasexpert Thankyou. Knowing there was a manual out there, I found it with the help of google.
Can I ask more about the exam please?
For the oral comprehension, are the possible answers visible during the listening part? Or are they hidden until after the listening part is finished? Tcf had them visible and I now worry that this is the wrong way
For the written expression, do you need to know the imparfait, conditional, futur proche etc?
For the oral expression, the part which totally terrifies me, how hard is it really? My biggest issue is that I don’t leave the house very often due to anxiety and I’m going to have to travel to this exam on my own, to a place I’ve never been and then need to speak to a stranger. Even if this exam was in English, I can see I’d still struggle
BTW, how did you do in the exam?
Thank you so much! This is so helpful. I had a few questions about the mechanics. (1) How do you monitor the time? Is there a timer on the computer? Should I have a stopwatch, or is that even allowed? (2) For the oral comprehension portion, can you see the questions before hearing the audio? (3) Do you have more than one question for each audio clip? [BTW Thank you for the TV Monde 5 tip. Very helpful] Also, are you given paper and pencil to make notes such as to remember facts [dates/numbers, etc] from the audio clips or is that not even an issue? I have a DELF B1 practice book and the audio passages are long [at least for my slow brain] ;-).
Glad it was helpful! 1. The computer will show you how much time you have left in each section. I doubt they would allow a stopwatch, but you won’t need one. 2. Yes, you will have a few seconds to start reading the answers before you hear the audio. 3. No. Each audio clip has a separate question. I believe you can use paper if you need to, but I wouldn’t recommend it because you won’t really have time. The one thing I wish I had done more of was practice typing on a French keyboard to be more comfortable with that, but I still had plenty of time to finish the written portion. Hope this helps! Good luck!!!
I haven’t practiced in the DELF book, but the TV5 Monde app was so helpful. I felt very prepared after doing all of the practice tests! 😅
@@expatpasexpert all good advice. Thanks!
Hello, I have my TCF scheduled next week and i'm nervous like you said. Do they check for grammer to the core in expression ecrit and expression orale? If you dont mind, can you say if you just prepared for the exam or you did any french language course to take up the exam? In my case, i just learnt using youtube and online content. I'm able to understand, speak and write a bit but dont know if it is enough for B1 level. I'm sure you would have got B1 but share us the result to boost our hope and confidence. Thank you :)
Hi! I did pass! 🥳 I took classes through Greta as well as some through a local nonprofit, but honestly, the app and practice tests were the biggest help. If you can score well on those, the test is actually easier in my opinion! There are 17, so do them all if you can and time yourself to practice answering quickly. Best of luck!!!
HI, thx for the video. Can you tell how many tracks are there to listen in the 'comprehension orale', and how many lang. structure questions? Are these included in overall 20 questions, or they come after? Also, do you know anything about the paper-based exam, i can't really choose. I 've read everything, so have some idea, but maybe details to consider...? like in a paper-based ex you can omit the question if you didn't have enough time to read the 4 options after the track, and come back later. Or other similar things...
Hi! Glad you liked it! The compréhension orale has 20 questions to listen to. There are no language structure questions on the TCF IRN, but other TCF exams include a separate section with those. You can only listen to each track one time, so I think it would be hard to remember and come back to a question on a paper exam. The written portion and the compréhension écrite sections allow you to skip around between questions. The only real difficulty I found on the computer based was trying to type on the French keyboard, but I ended up with plenty of time for the writing portion in the end. The word count for the questions is pretty short (40-60 words). Hope this helps! ☺️