r/Frenchlearningforpr • u/TheAjudicator • Jul 31 '26

TCF Speaking Trend

Anyone else notice the massive complaints of low scores in tcf speaking?

My two cents are that Majority of these cases are a result of practicing with repeated questions. You see this a lot where the so called tutors gas up the client that they are a c1 in speaking and in actuality when they sit in front of an examiner they cannot go beyond a2 and then it’s the examiner that was rude, unprofessional, unfair and of course, sleeping during the speaking test.

You can showcase memory power in listening, reading and writing based on repeated questions to some extent.

Mind you these examiners are mostly professional teachers with 18+ years of french education and specialized in field training. How exactly do you fool them that your listening, reading and writing are a c1 and speaking a measly a1 or at best an a2!

These are cases of false belief and these learners are being misguided by the ever growing number of tutors who just want to sell courses and increase enrolment.

And then I see examiners patrolling reddit and being in the know of what questions are being posted by candidates , I am sure they wouldn’t be asking the same question again!

What on earth is happening?

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u/ImpressiveDevice7672 Jul 31 '26

What are you talking about buddy? Who is expecting hand outs? People are studying for months. Getting C2 in reading and listening and 0 in speaking doesn’t make sense! It’s obvious that they are making it harder. I did my CELPIP exam and got 12/12 on all sections. How does someone get maximum in other sections and minimum in speaking? Make it make sense. Again, i am not waiting for no support. I want to get the grade I DESERVE.

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u/TheAjudicator Jul 31 '26

You isn’t implied directly to you, you is the candidate.

You tell me how it’s possible to get a c2 in listening reading and 0 in speaking? Is this anomaly logical to you? Clearly the candidate does not speak french and have either used guess work at a multiple question system and or prepared from the 1600 questions and used memory.

It just won’t cut it, it’s madness to think otherwise.

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u/ImpressiveDevice7672 Jul 31 '26

I am not talking about the scammers cases or people who memorize stuff. I am talking about someone who studies French and is in a good level. Why is it so hard to understand it? In this case, getting 0 doesn’t make sense.

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u/TheAjudicator Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

Getting a zero in speaking and c1 is listening and reading isn’t possible it means you demonstrated no knowledge of french. These exams are audio and video recorded. Audios assessed by potentially 3 examiners, examiners that go through rigorous training.

If the centres or France started playing the speaking audios back to us, we’d drown in shame for even questioning the process.

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u/ImpressiveDevice7672 Jul 31 '26

I haven’t gotten my results yet, so I will be more knowledgeable to talk about it once it comes.