My success would be incomplete without thanking all those who shared resources freely on this platform. I really appreciate YOU. Thanks guys..

Congratulations sweetoma....
Very good result � ��

sweetoma:
Hello house! I passed my TEF the second time around. One month later! The golden 50 points are mine. What is the next step ?

I sent you a PM becos of your TEF result on the Tef/French Page.... and you came here to tag me. Now you want to delete my number����.......

Pease do not quote this post as I need to delete number.[/quote]

Congratulations on your excellent result�����

Firstly, appreciation goes to the almighty God that made all efforts of sleepless nights to be successful.

Secondly, a big thanks to the contributors of this thread.

Thirdly, ayandee's post that triggered the right motivation that passing TEF is achievable at that age.

And lastly, another big thanks to the God sent Algerian pal who dedicated her time correcting and vetting my writings and speaking.

Now my story...
My French's journey started Dec '19 at IEF, but I had so many breaks in-between that prolonged the duration till the moment I sat for the test.
B2.1 was completed Dec 2020 while TEF preparation started Jan '21.
Meanwhile I have been somehow active on the "comment se preparer au TEF group" on Facebook. An Algerian lady noticed my activities and decided to make a contact so we could practice speaking together.

Now this is why I earlier said she was God sent: She needed someone higher than her not lower. Our daily conversation was normally 1 hour daily but later decided to spend about 3 hours daily except Fridays about two weeks to the test. All these were done with full dedication and free of charge.
Her coaching was effective as I had Cs in the competences she devoted her time for.

On the test day, the CE and CO were entirely new. I was so tensed that I had to ease myself after the listening session but decided to calm myself down as I have been counselled to remain calm.
I had started practicing on a PC for the EE, writing 2 fait divers and 2 letters daily while keeping to time. This really helped during the test, giving enough time to go through my work as I had about 10 minutes left after finishing.
While the examiner for the EO was so mean to me, no smile and wore a straight face all through the session as if he had a quarrel with his wife before the session.

In all, special thanks to my spouse because I wouldn't have achieved this without him. [/quote]

Kejimania15:
hi
i am interested in the immersion programme
kindly link me up
Merci

I am interested also... would really appreciate the link too

engrtoib:
Hello friends.
Please o how do I begin to learn French. I am a total beginner. I will appreciate a honest guide on how to begin so that I can write the TEF exam.
Please as a complete beginner how long is it likely going to take me to study before I can get a decent result ?
I am in Abuja, I will be glad if anyone can suggest a good study centre..
Thanks.

I'm also a total beginner too. But am practicing seriously at home with duolingo, memrise and rocket french. But I loveeeee rocket french most, and with the rate I'm learning, by the end of this lockdown I should be prepared to take the A1 exams.
I'm looking at 6 months preparation, will attend the physical class when the lockdown is over. Wish you all the best.

P.S: for other good french apps, check out speaky app (to boast your speaking ability) and French coffee break (to boast your listening ability)

richhills:
Share with me too.
talk2adlan@yahoo.com
Thanks

I have not gotten it

m90210:
Nairaland is definitely the gift that keeps on giving. Hi all. I only just started considering writing a French test as a second language yesterday because I lost 5 points, as my birthday was last week and even before then, I was stuck on 463. Now I have maxed out my IELTS (got 9 in all) and the most feasible option to garnering any more points is the TEF route. Now here are my questions:
1. Considering the fact that I only know elementary French and can hardly construct any meaningful, grammatically correct sentences, how long realistically do I need to learn to get a decent score.
2. Seeing as English is my official first language, does it then mean that I do not necessarily have to get a very high score in the TEF to get the extra 17 points to get to 475 CRS points (475 being the highest point when ITAs were issued last year)?
3. I live close to an Alliance Francaise but would any other institution better serve my needs of being able to reach a decent score on the TEF exams?

Just as an aside, this is on of the most harmonious threads that I have come across on NL. Thanks everyone for your contributions thus far.
Cheers.

Wooowwww.... your IELTS result is supper impressive. Please can you share some materials you used to achieve it? Because, I'll be writing mine next month. I'll deeply appreciate it. Thanks. liyawarmate@yahoo.com

Also got the invite for assessment.

I have received the invitation for the aptitude test... still @ Obi wali hall

Hello Funmi, can u send me their salary scale I need it urgently...

@Dharniel, abeg send me d past question too. Tnx. liyawarmate@yahoo.com

Pls kindly forward to my email. liyawarmate@yahoo.com thanks in advance.