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JustMellow:
Hello MyRace,

Fill in your institution details for them. All the best

Enculer:
Lived in Francophone countries for like 4 years. Did not feel I immersed enough though but at least I got to listen to news and watched a few movies.

Daily interacting with people on the streets also helped.

Some people like exams bit I absolutely hate it. I do not feel exams are the best form of testing knowledge. I hate the feeling. Some people are good though and can use their little knowledge to get a lot from exams.

I think you can immerse yourself wherever you are as long as you have materials. Listening materials and you have online people to.discuss with.

Try not to use African accents. Try to use oyibo French as much as you can.

Enculer:
Passed my TEF yesterday in the UK.

CO - C1

Missed opportunity as I messed up a long question. I am still angry as I knew exactly where I missed 4 questions. The fifth question I failed was I mixed up library and biblioteque in the part C. So I know the 5 I missed. It could have been 7 in the end. I feel like punching my head. That is where I screwed up and I knew it, otherwise the homophones section was a breeze 10/10 sure.

All new questions.


CE - C2

Question: bierre vert, transport, Ange saint Michel.

EE- Results in 3 weeks.

Expecting a B2 as I feel I messed up the fait divers. Went blank for some strange reason. The letter to the journal was better but I think I made a few spelling errors which will take me well clear of C1. Missed opportunity I think. If I get B1, I will not jump over a cliff. Such is life.

Questions.

1. Lady forgot her baggage. Continue fait divers.
2. Write to a journal stating your opinion about child access to internet.

EO- Results in 3 weeks

Expecting a C1 minimum unless they screw me up. I went off topic a bit but it was the guy that asked me to "just talk" and "continue talking". Invented stuff and maybe talked a bit too fast. In the first bit, I stopped and the guy had to ask me to continue. LOL.

I was doubtful as to whether I was audible and for some strange reason did not make enough eye contact. Na wa oh.

Questions.
1. Call a hotel to ask for info about staying there.
2. Convince a friend to do sports.


I need to work on IELTS. I need materials. I must not screw this one up if not, no EE for me.

I am kind of happy I did TEF first because na red eyes I go use do IELTS.

Abeg if anybody get materials for IELTS. I plan to start by next week in earnest.

[NARRATOR] but it actually took 3 + 4 weeks. 7 weeks later....

CE: CLB 9
CO: CLB 7
EO: CLB 7
EE: CLB 7

More to follow...

mariah203:
Hi all.... to those preparing for TCF..... Just drawing your attention to a tip I believe you already know... 'Used on TCF CO, I believe will make a difference.... *Get the test on paper for your practice. Read the options and underline keywords before the audio starts to play.

DanMisla:
Nothing de happen! Congrats in advance to you and @Scard.
Meilleur voeux!
Can't wait to celebrate along with you guys

Mamaroon:
Pas du tout.

EE
Letter- you get more from travelling when you go alone
FD-lady banned from games/gambling finds her way into a casino

EO
Questions-order reading or sun glasses from a website
Convince-volunteer to work with children

Bellerin:
Lol. This analogy made my afternoon...

Please naa..See it as a way to make the option available for other potential testers. Passing TEF is already done for you jare. Fair arguments about brain reconfiguration.

Nkydechik:
Please i need the facebook link. Kindly share. Thank you.

Mamaroon:
Bells!!!!

In fact.....

I have just been released from 2 bans of 24 hours each. I am now even afraid to type in pidgin! I was trying to get critiques on my fait divers but it will not be possible on NL I don't think.

Mamaroon:
Thanks Scard....understand what you mean by not feeling ready but did they offer any B1 evaluation before you joined the B1 class?

Well done...I pray your hard work is well rewarded....see you at the July 20 exam.....maybe

Mamaroon:
Ok peeps. So it's some good news and some not so good news

CE 242 C1 CLB8 3 points
CO 267 B2 CLB7 3 points
EE 267 B1 CLB5 1 point (abeg who I offend )
EO 339 B2 CLB7 3 points

NJ, DanMisla I need epp, una fit tutor me for this EE. I feel like giving up but in reality I can't quit.

I thought I could do a DanMisla and go for French as first language but I need CLB 7 in all....any other way out?

BootyliciousHon:
Hi all, seems I will no longer be needing TEF. Just got a provincial nomination. Bonne chance à tous!

Mamaroon:
Merci mes amis !

Enfin...c'est fini



Thanks for all your encouragement and tips guys !

Meanwhile etrange is right about the space between words and exclamation and question marks....noticed it in the last section of CO

April, June...peeps...Courage !

Mamaroon:
Bon

Le 30 mars est arrivee!
Bonne chance a tous.

#CandidatDuTEF

Mamaroon:
Come come come.....

So because:
NJ has gotten PPR
Etrange has ITA
DanMisla is doing Ontario
Ayboye has gotten a job
Na only Bellerin still dey

.....sooooo nobody wants to talk again ABI!!! Issorai

Ok o..... me I'm a March 30 candidate. AF have moved from yaba...they say we may write our exam in Ikeja.

For EE I'm cramming everything from address to how to introduce yourself....intro at the beginning and the summary paragraph...leaving my worries to be reduced to the actual 3 arguments depending on the topic on the day.

AF prep classes have been useful. They are 9 to 3pm starting the first weekend of the month of each TEF exam.

Mariah? How did it go in Feb?
Scard? How jacking?
BootyliciousHon? Did you decide to write in the end?

A tous....bonne chance! Courage...

....et joyeux semaine de la langue francaise et de la francophonie

DanMisla:
Best wishes as you prepare, Scard.
I remember at my centre we debated before the exam whether or not to start Section B with the addresses. I didn't eventually and scored ok in EE. I won't worry too much about the addresses - but if you do include them, you'd need to make sure the spellings, format, et al are correct.
Secondly, while it obviously depends on your comfort levels, you really don't have to use that many complex sentences. Short, punchy and active sentences are just as fine, I think. Where you can use a variety of verbs, you should. And throw in different tenses where possible (imparfait, PC, subjontif, gerondif), to demonstrate your knowledge.
Bonne chance!

Prettiepearlz:
Thank you ma’am I appreciate this. Yes I am aiming for CLB 7 and I can’t classify my knowledge of French from my secondary days as a knowledge because I didn’t do anything with it again and the hustle to come of university with good grades replaced any idea of French. But with six months of classes or even more I should be able make it right? Where will you recommend I take the classes? I know the exam is definitely with AF. Thanks ma’am. I intend to start the classes as soon as I am done with IELTS saga. I am trying to do this fast as I was told that that for every Birthday after your 29th, you lose 5 points, I don’t really have that much time to waste on acquiring a masters degree from Nigeria.

njbybrthnly:
Yea you're right @ the bolded.

But errm, you forgot to thank Scard for asking the question in the first place, because I don't think these points would've come up without it.

Rooting for you still. Good luck in your next exam

njbybrthnly:
Hi guys. I hope we're all progressing along steadily in our studies for the French exam. I have a few words that may encourage us even more:







I HAVE GOTTEN PPR!!!!!!!!!!!!
AOR: December 14, 2018
PPR: February 20, 2019

I remember when my TEF results came out, hubby always used to say that our app processing time will be very short because Canada is looking for bilingual people . I just used to nod in agreement but it's like IRCC decided to prove him right o.

That aside though, I give God all the glory. He has come through for me in a very specific way (honestly I feel like before now He had left me in the care of His angels and then sometime last year, He singled me out and decided to place His hand on my head...blessings upandan, left, right and centre) and I didn't even need to beg and cry. First, with the TEF (which I did as a trial run not knowing He had other plans), and now this, PPR in 9 weeks 5 days post-AOR, with loads of other blessings inbetween. Words can't express how grateful I feel right now.

So, in case you're looking for something extra to motivate you, let's test my oga's theory which states that, EE applications with good IELTS and additional points from TEF/TCF results have a very short processing time

Who knows? Hubby might be on to something . Let's keep at it guys, you could be next.

_{I'm so overwhelmed that my head is even paining me}

Mamaroon:
45 to 50

Mamaroon:
First 10 and last 10 is the tip for CE. ..reading (I think)..is this where you are finding it difficult?

DanMisla:
malheureusement, oui. :-(
All factors considered, my CRS was @ 431, with English as first language in the EE profile. I could retake both IELTS/TEF and aim higher, or I could make French my first language, score 359, and get invited by Ontario.
I took the 2nd option.

njbybrthnly:
Thank you. As promised some pdfs on logical connectors.

Edit:
In addition, you'll need to practice writing often (this may go without saying but I just thought to put it here)

rs172:
The applications i marked with the light green colour is the application I'm talking of.



Then this app.. is useful french grammar test, on it app. Icon it has 50,000 wtitten on it

DanMisla:
Always.