19/20 in speaking: our candidates' method
Our clients regularly achieve excellent scores in the TCF speaking test. Their secret? Structured preparation and a few good reflexes on exam day.
Speaking is the ability candidates fear most in the TCF Canada — and yet it is the one where good preparation pays off the most. Several of our candidates walked out with 19/20. Here is the method they followed.
1. Understand what the examiner really assesses
The examiner is not looking for a perfect accent: they assess your ability to structure an idea, argue and interact. An organized answer (introduction, two arguments, conclusion) with simple but accurate vocabulary is worth more than a brilliant yet disorganized speech.
2. Train in real conditions
On exam day, stress costs points to candidates who discover the format. Our sessions include complete timed simulations: same instructions, same duration, same sequence of the three tasks. Online, the training reproduces the same timing, topic after topic: /entrainement-tcf.html By the third simulation, the format no longer surprises anyone.
3. Work on speaking continuously, not the night before
Three sessions a week, intensive oral coaching, and WhatsApp follow-up between sessions to correct your phrasing as you go: regularity drives progress. With our proven method, one month of preparation is enough to reach C1 or C2 in each of the four tests.
4. Exam-day reflexes
Speak from the very first second — silence is expensive. If you do not know a word, rephrase rather than stop. And keep in mind the examiner is a conversation partner, not an opponent: natural interaction is graded.
Want to know your starting level? Our preparation plans cost 40,000 FCFA a month online, 60,000 FCFA in person and 80,000 FCFA at home. Write to us: we assess your level and suggest the format that fits your goal and your schedule. If you have already sat the test, your marks convert into NCLC levels here: /en/check-list.html#tcf
The Prépa TCF topics come up again at the exam: working through all of them, in full, maximises your chances of facing, on test day, a topic you have already practised — every speaking topic is in the online Prépa TCF: /prepa-tcf.html