International Certifications

The Alliance Française de Philadelphie is an official examination center that provides:
- the TCF (Test de Connaissance du Français)
- the TCF-ANF (Test de Connaissance du Francais pour l'accès à la Nationalité Française)
- the TCF Quebec (Test de Connaissance du Français pour le Québec)
- the DAEFLE (Diplôme d'Aptitude à l'Enseignement du Français Langue Etrangère).
TCF
Test de Connaissance du Français
 


The TCF (Test de Connaissance du Français), designed by the CIEP(Centre International d'Etudes Pédagogiques) is the French language test awarded by the French Ministry of Education.

The TCF has been established for non-French-speakers who, for professional, academic or personal reasons, need to have their competency in French assessed and certified reliably and by way of a recognized test.



Presentation of the examination

The TCF is composed of 3 compulsory examinations and 2 optional examinations.

The 3 compulsory examinations (80 questions) - 1h30

 Parts of the compulsory examination
  Number of questions
  Time
 Listening comprehension  30 questions  25 minutes
 Use of language structures  20 questions  20 minutes
 Reading comprehension  30 questions  45 minutes


The 2 optional examinations: 2h
- spoken expression: 15 minutes
- written expression: 1h45

Dates

 Date of the session  Registration deadline
 Monday, January 7
  Closed
 Monday, March 4
  Closed
 Monday, May 6
  Closed
 Monday, July 1
  Monday, June 3

Results
The results are available a month after the receipt of the examination papers by the CIEP.
The Alliance Française will then give to the candidate an official certificate of results.

Cost
The price of the TCF test is $200 for members of the Alliance Française de Philadelphie.
The price of the TCF test is $220 for non-members of the Alliance Française de Philadelphie.

The price of the 2 optional examinations of the TCF is $50 per examination.

The examination fee is not refundable once registered.

Registration

To register, please download and complete the following form and mail or email it to the Alliance Française.

  Registration form TCF (format .pdf)
  Registration form TCF (format .doc)

Alliance Française de Philadelphie
1420 Walnut Street - Suite 700
Philadelphia, PA 19102

email: alliance@afphila.com

**Tutoring for the TCF exam's preparation**


You need to get prepared for your TCF exam? We offer tutoring to train and improve your French linguistic skills before passing the exam. For further information, please contact the Alliance française at 215 735 5283 to schedule classes with our teacher in charge of the TCF exams.


TCF-ANF
Test de Connaissance du Francais pour l'accès à la Nationalité Française



The TCF-ANF (Test de Connaissance du Francais pour l'accès à la Nationalité Française), designed by the CIEP (Centre International d'Etudes Pédagogiques) is a French language test awarded by the French Ministry of Education, established for persons wishing to acquire French nationality.

The certificate of “TCF pour l’accès à la nationalité française”  cannot be used for admission to a French university or to complete a request for emigration to Québec.



Presentation of the examination

The TCF is composed of 2 compulsory examinations.
The 2 compulsory examinations (36 questions) - 45 minutes

 Parts of the compulsory examination
  Number of questions
  Time
 Listening comprehension  30 questions  30 minutes
 Individual oral expression   6 questions  15 minutes
with an evaluator


Dates


Date of the session Registration deadline
 Monday, January 28
  Closed
 Monday, March 29
  Closed
 Friday, May 31
  Closed
 Friday, July 26
  Wednesday, June 26
                                         

Results
The results will be available one month after the receipt of the examination papers by the CIEP. The Alliance Française will then give to the candidate an official certificate of results.

Cost The price of the TCF-ANF test is $200 for members of the Alliance Française de Philadelphie.
The price of the TCF-ANF test is $220 for non-members of the Alliance Française de Philadelphie.     

The examination fee is not refundable once registered.

Registration

To register, please download and complete the following form and mail or email it to the Alliance Française.

Registration form TCF-ANF (format .pdf)
Registration form TCF-ANF (format .doc)

Alliance Francaise de Philadelphie
1420 Walnut Street - Suite 700
Philadelphia, PA 19102

email: alliance@afphila.com


Preparing the examination


**Tutoring for the TCF exam's preparation**


You need to get prepared for your TCF exam? We offer tutoring to train and improve your French linguistic skills before passing the exam. For further information, please contact the Alliance française at 215 735 5283 to schedule classes with our teacher in charge of the TCF exams.


 TCF For Quebec
Test de Conaissance du Francais pour le Québec



The Alliance Francaise de Philadelphie is an approved "TCF for Quebec" Test Centre.

The "TCF pour le Québec", or TCF for Quebec, has been specially designed to be consistent with the standards of the Ministry of Immigration (MICC) of Quebec, and is only intended for people wishing to settle in Quebec.


Presentation

The TCF for Quebec consists of two examinations:

Parts of the examination
 Number of questions
 Duration of examination
Listening comprehension 30 questions 30 minutes
Spoken expression 6 questions 15 minutes
with an evaluator

The TCF for Quebec certificate is only valid for an immigration application for Quebec.


Cost

The price of the TCF for Québec test is $200 for members of the Alliance Française de Philadelphie.
The price of the TCF for Québec test is $220 for non-members of the Alliance Française de Philadelphie.     

The examination fee is not refundable once registered.
                                                        


Dates


Date of the Session Registration deadline
 Monday, January 25
 Closed
 Friday, March 25
 Closed
 Friday , May 24
 Closed
 Monday, July 22
 Thursday, June 20


Certificate availability

The certificate will be available 1 month after the date of the exam.

CIEP will send the test results to the Ministry of Immigration (MICC) in Quebec directly.

However the candidate must still include the certificate in the immigration application form.


Certificate validity

The certificate is valid for a period of 2 years.


Preparing the examination

The listening comprehension part of the examination can be prepared with 2 publications:            - The official Guide to the TCF , with practice exercises, published by Editions Didier                   -  "Le nouvel entrainez-vous",TCF 250 activités, collection, published by CLE International

The 2 following websites also provide practice exercises:                                                       - Help in preparing the listening comprehension examination of the TCF, level 5 and 6, on the RFI (Radio France International) website.                                                                                - The Editions Didier Website.

Registration

To register, please download and complete the following form and mail or email it to the Alliance Française.

Registration form TCF-Québec (format .pdf)
Registration form TCF-Québec (format .doc)

Alliance Francaise de Philadelphie
1420 Walnut Street - Suite 700
Philadelphia, PA 19102

email: alliance@afphila.com


**Tutoring for the TCF exam's preparation**


You need to get prepared for your TCF exam? We offer tutoring to train and improve your French linguistic skills before passing the exam. For further information, please contact the Alliance française at 215 735 5283 to schedule classes with our teacher in charge of the TCF exams.


 DAEFLE 
Diplôme d'Aptitude à l'Enseignement du Francais Langue Etrangère


L'Alliance Française de Paris Ile de France et le CNED (Centre National d'Enseignement à Distance) ont mis en place un partenariat afin de créer une formation diplômante (initiale ou continue), s'effectuant à distance.

Cette formation à but professionel s’adresse à toute personne désirant enseigner ou enseignant déjà le français à un public non francophone en France ou à l’étranger et qui souhaite obtenir un diplôme reconnu attestant de leurs capacités à enseigner le francais en tant que langue étrangère.

Un test obligatoire permettra au candidat d'accéder à la formation. Au terme de celle-ci, un examen final validera l'obtention du DAEFLE.


Test d'accès à la formation

Dates des épreuves 2013:

Sessions  Dates des tests Clôture des inscriptions
 1ère session
  entre le 22 et le 26 avril 2013
  Vendredi 22 Mars 2013
 2ème session
  entre le 27 et le 31 mai 2013
  Vendredi 26 Avril 2013
 3ème session
  entre le 28 octobre et le 1er novembre 2013
  Vendredi 27 septembre 2013
 4ème session
  entre le 25 et le 29 novembre 2013
  Vendredi 25 octobre 2013


Tarif:

$ 100 USD pour les membres de l'Alliance Française de Philadelphie.

$ 120 USD pour les non-adhérents à l'Alliance Française de Philadelphie.


Inscriptions:

Pour vous inscrire à une session, veuillez télécharger et remplir le formulaire ci-dessous et le renvoyer à l'Alliance Française de Philadelphie par voie postale ou par voie éléctronique:  

- par courrier au:1420 Walnut Street, Suite 700, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA                            - par courriel à: alliance@afphila.com 

Formulaire d'inscription au test d'accès à la formation (format .pdf)

Examen final

Dates des épreuves 2013:

 Clôture des inscriptions
   Dates de l'examen
  Heure
 vendredi 10 mai 2013
  mercredi 12 juin 2013
  09h à 16h45
 vendredi 31 octobre 2013
  lundi 02 décembre 2013
  09h à 16h45

Tarif:

$ 380 USD pour les membres de l'Alliance Française de Philadelphie.

$ 400 USD pour les non-adhérents à l'Alliance Française de Philadelphie.

Inscriptions:

Pour vous inscrire à une session d'épreuves de l'examen final, veuillez télécharger et remplir le formulaire ci-dessous et l'envoyer par voie postale ou par voie éléctronique:  

- par courrier au:1420 Walnut Street, Suite 700, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA                            - par courriel à: alliance@afphila.com

Formulaire d'inscription à l'examen final (Format pdf)



Pour de plus amples informations sur le DAEFLE, vous pouvez vous rendre sur le site de l'Alliance Française de Paris Ile de France: www.alliancefr.org.
 
 
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