E-TEF CANADA

The e-tef Canada – Test d’Evaluation de Français adapté au Canada – is a French language test approved by “Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)” for people aspiring to immigrate to Canada including Quebec. It assesses comprehension and expression skills in French. It gives a quantitative and qualitative measure of the level of candidate’s linguistic and communication skills. It offers a detailed and personalized analysis of results.

Test Format

The e-tef Canada includes 4 compulsory sections:

• Written comprehension: 60 min – 50 questions
• Oral comprehension (Listening): 40 min – 60 questions
• Written expression: 60 min – 2 topics to cover
• Oral expression:15 min – 2 topics to cover

* These sections are done online, using a computer. Hence working knowledge of computers is needed. All four section are held on the same day.

Attestation of results

The results of the e-tef Canada will be announced in about 4 weeks (approx.) after the exam by e-mail. The results will be made available in the form of an e-version of the certificate, no hard copy will be made available.

The attestation of results of the e-tef Canada:

• is usually delivered 4 to 5 weeks after the test.
• is not a diploma and cannot be considered as a proof of success.
• shows the distribution of scores obtained in each of the sections, offers detailed comments on the skills and places your level on a scale from <A1** (Beginner) to C2** (Mastery).  For more info, visit Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)
• is valid for 2 years.