AQ Proficiency test in French, French as a Second Language
If your intention is to enroll in a French as a Second Language course and have completed your initial training B.Ed. in English, you will need to take a French Proficiency Test (test de compétence linguistique). People who have taken their initial training B.Ed. in French are exempt from this test.
The test has a written part and an oral part and a failure in this test will result in the cancellation of your registration. The use of a dictionary, grammar or any other reference tool is not permitted during the exam.
How to prepare?
1. Review basic grammar rules (e.g., verb agreement, adjective agreement, past participle)
2. Consult reference books containing the correction of anglicisms
3. Consult a good grammar (Ex. The grammar explained by Marcel Poirier of the Beauchemin Group publisher).
4. Check out these websites or any other site offering grammar exercises and put your grammatical and lexical knowledge to the test:
ABQ Proficiency test in French, French ABQ courses
If your intention is to enroll in a French ABQ course and have completed your initial training B.Ed. in English regardless of your course option or cycle (primary, Junior, intermediate, or Superior) you will need to take a Proficiency test in French. If your initial training was done in a French University, you are exempt from this test.
The Professional Development Program reserves the right to ask a candidate to do the proficiency test.
How to prepare?
1. Practice writing a variety of texts from 360 to 400 words in two hours.
2. Review the particularities of the argumentative text
3. Review basic grammar rules (e.g., verb agreement, adjective agreement, past participle)
4. Consult reference books containing the correction of anglicisms
5. Consult “To succeed in an argumentative text” by Jacques Garneau at Éditions du Trécarré or another resource dealing with argumentative text
6. Check out these websites or any other site offering grammar exercises and put your grammatical and lexical knowledge to the test: