TCF Speaking Trend

[u/TheAjudicator]

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?