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TCF and TEF Canada speaking timer with recorder
Choose your exam and task, get a practice prompt, and speak against the official clock: preparation first where the test has it, then speaking. Record yourself, listen back and check your answer in 30 seconds.
Entretien dirigé · a guided interview with the examiner
Practice prompt
Répondez à la question, puis développez : votre vie, votre travail, vos projets.
Est-ce que vous pouvez vous présenter ?Prompt 1 of 10
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Timer
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2:00
2:00 speaking, no preparation
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Official timings
How long each speaking task lasts
The timer uses these times, from the test owners. The TCF gives preparation time only in task 2. The TEF publishes no separate preparation time, so the clock starts straight away.
| Exam | Task | Task | Preparation | Speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCF Canada | 1 | Entretien dirigé | None | 2:00 |
| 2 | Exercice en interaction | 2:00 | 3:30 | |
| 3 | Expression d’un point de vue | None | 4:30 | |
| TEF Canada | A | Obtenir des renseignements | None | 5:00 |
| B | Argumenter pour convaincre | None | 10:00 |
- TCF Canada: 12 minutes in total, face to face with an examiner.
- TEF Canada: 15 minutes in total, face to face with an examiner.
Last verified Oct 5, 2026Sources:France Éducation international: TCF Canada(opens in a new tab)Le français des affaires: TEF Canada(opens in a new tab)
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How to practise
Get the most out of each timed run
Timing yourself is how you learn what 3 minutes 30 or 10 minutes feel like, so the real exam holds no surprises.
Say the prompt out loud first
Read the prompt, then start the timer. On TCF task 2, use the 2 minutes of preparation to note question words, not full sentences.
Keep talking until the clock stops
A pause to think is fine. A long silence isn't. Use a filler like Voyons voir… or describe the word you can't find.
Record, then listen once
Listen for long silences, English words, missing verb endings and the same connector used five times. One recording tells you more than ten silent rehearsals.
Tick the self-check honestly
The checklist follows what each task asks for. Pick one unticked point and fix just that on the next run.
Repeat with a new prompt
Same task, different prompt, until the structure is automatic. Then move to a full speaking section in the mock test.
Your recordings stay on your device
The recorder uses your browser's built-in MediaRecorder. Audio goes from your microphone into this page's memory and nowhere else: no upload, no account, no storage on our servers. Reloading the page deletes it, so download any take you want to keep. You can turn the microphone off at any time with the switch.
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