TEF EXPRESS is an excellent way to prepare effectively for the TEF Canada and reach your CLB 5 or CLB 7 goals, which are essential for many immigration programs. With a fast and targeted format, participants can strengthen their language skills, improve test strategies, and increase their chances of success. Several course options are available depending on your starting level, allowing each learner to progress efficiently and move closer to their Canadian immigration goals.
By enrolling in TEF EXPRESS, students take intensive classes from Tuesday to Friday, allowing them to be fully immersed in French language and Francophone cultures. As members of the Centre culturel francophone de l’Okanagan (CCFO), they also gain access to a wide range of resources:
Our classes are divided into levels based on two main language scales: the CEFR (used worldwide) and the CLB (used by Canadian immigration programs).
Here is a chart to help better understand the levels used by both CCFO and Immigration Canada:
| CCERL | A1 | A2 | B1 | B2 | C1 | C2 |
|
CLB |
1 - 2 | 3 - 4 | 5 - 6 | 7 - 8 | 9 - 10 | 11 - 12 |
| What it means: | I know and recognize learnt-by-heart words and short sentences. | I make my own short sentences. I understand simple statement. | I can deal with unexpected situations whilst travelling in a French-speaking region. | I share my point of view with detailed arguments and complex structures | I can express myself fluently and spontaneously in social and professional surroundings. | I can take part effortlessly in any discussion, using idiomatic expressions. I can read and produce research work. |
| Number of hours to reach this level* | 80 hrs | +110 hrs | +150 hrs | +200 hrs | +300 | +++ |
We offer tailored daily classes from Tuesday to Friday to help you reach 2 CLB levels in just 7 weeks.
You will work on all the skills required for the TEF Canada exam: listening comprehension, reading comprehension, speaking, and writing. In addition to regular classes, you will also receive specific exam preparation for the TEF, when you register to B1 level (CLB 5-6).
A1 CLB 1-2
Requirements : Total Beginners welcome
7 weeks 4.5 hours a day
Schedule : Tuesday to Friday 9am-12pm lunch break 12:30pm-2pm
A2 CLB 3-4
Requirements : Placement test required
7 weeks 6 hours a day
Schedule : Tuesday to Friday 9am-12pm lunch break 12:30pm-3:30pm
B1 CLB 5-6
Requirements : Previous students registered, or placement test required
7 weeks 6 hours a day
Course + TEF Exam Preparation
Schedule : Tuesday to Friday 9am-12pm lunch break 12:30pm-3:30pm
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La nouvelle session se déroulera du lundi 7 juillet au samedi 29 août. Profitez de la réduction « earlybird » jusqu'au 7 juin.
Il n'y aura pas cours du 4 au 9 août.
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*Merci de prendre note: le nombre d'heures est pour un cours de 5 étudiants ou plus. Si seulement 4 personnes s'inscrivent, 1 semaine de cours sera annulée. Le cours entier sera annulé si seulement 3 personnes ou moins s'inscrivent.
• Introduce yourself, ask to be introduced • Ask for/give personal information • Ask for/ tell where you live • Express your tastes • Introduce your family • Talk about your family.
• Introduce yourself, ask to be introduced • Ask for/give personal information • Ask for/ tell where you live • Express your tastes • Introduce your family • Talk about your family.
• Shop for food , Order in a restaurant • Introduce a town and neighborhood • Get around on public transport • Ask and Indicate the way, all in French !
• Comment on price, size, and fit. • Give opinions on clothing; ask or tell the use of a product • Describe objects • Discuss
the time of year and weather • Talk about daily activities; ask or tell the time • Suggest, accept, or reject outings •
Describe a person • And all en français !
• Ask about housing, express house rules • Understand internal regulations, apologize in a message, explain a domestic issue • Express positive or negative emotions • Talk about health and sports, ask or tell weight and height • Agree or disagree • Express obligation or prohibition and give advice • Tout en français !
This is not a beginner class, If you're a complete beginner, register to A1.1 instead !
Dans cette classe vous allez apprendre à ...
• Décrire un logement • Louer un logement • Exprimer sa déception • Consoler, réconforter • Faire le portrait physique de quelqu’un • Faire un compliment • Parler du caractère de quelqu’un.
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