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Official sourceFrance Éducation international (LISEO)

France Éducation international · resources to prepare for the TCF (PDF)

FEI's own reading list (April 2022) of online resources and textbooks for the TCF, from its LISEO documentation centre.

A1 · A2 · B1ListeningFree

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Official sourceService-Public (service-public.gouv.fr)

Service-Public · naturalisation: proving French at level B2

Official page: naturalisation requires spoken and written French at least at B2; accepted proofs include TCF or TEF certificates issued less than two years ago.

B2Civic knowledgeFree

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Official sourceService-Public (service-public.gouv.fr)

Service-Public · proving your French level for the multi-year card (A2) and resident card (B1)

Official list of accepted proofs: TCF or TEF, DELF/DALF, DUEF, DFP, and some French diplomas; certificates are valid for two years.

A2 · B1Civic knowledgeFree

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Course & practiceAlliance française Paris Île-de-France / FUN

MOOC Vivre en France (A2 and B1) · FUN

Free online French courses by the Alliance française Paris Île-de-France, funded by the Ministry of the Interior: A2 (about 70 hours) and B1 (about 90 hours).

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Official sourceUniversité Bordeaux Montaigne (CLEFF)

Université Bordeaux Montaigne · TCF IRN at an approved test centre

A university test centre describes the TCF IRN: listening 25 questions/20 min, reading 25 questions/35 min, writing 3 tasks/30 min, speaking 3 tasks/10 min — 1 h 35 in total.

A1 · A2 · B1ListeningFree

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Practice examsFrançais avec Pierre

Français avec Pierre · TCF speaking and writing topics

Example tasks for TCF speaking (three tasks, about 12 minutes) and writing (three tasks, one hour) with common mistakes.

A2 · B1 · B2SpeakingFree

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3 printed books for this level

Exam training · Ellipses200% TCFPrepmyfutureTCF prep guide listed in France Éducation international's TCF bibliography: presentation of the test, course sheets, strategies and traps, many corrected exercises plus e-learning.A1–C2in FrenchBuy on Amazon.fr

Exam training · PUGPréparer le TCF – Expression écriteHélène Alexandridis, Larbi Laaguir e.a.Written-expression paper of the TCF, including TCF IRN: task-by-task method, evaluation criteria, graded practice from A1 to C1 and corrected answers.A1–C1in FrenchBuy on Amazon.fr

Exam training · CLE InternationalABC TCF – Tous niveaux – 200 exercicesBruno Mègre, Sébastien PortelliAll-level TCF practice book: 200 exercises for listening, language structures, reading, writing and speaking, with downloadable audio. Useful for the TCF IRN (integration, residence, nationality).A1–C2in FrenchBuy on Amazon.fr

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