TCF Canada Speaking Test Sample Topics November 2026
Candidates preparing for the oral expression section of the TCF Canada exam face practice topics released for November 2026. The prompts outline specific conversational scenarios for Tâche 2 and argumentative questions for Tâche 3, designed sur des sujets réels.
Tâche 2 Conversational Scenarios
For the second task of the oral expression test, test-takers practice interactive role-play exercises with predefined interlocutors. Scenarios include speaking with a friend who recently spent a weekend in a familiar city to ask about places to discover, or talking with a neighbor regarding local shops and opening hours after moving into a new neighborhood.
Other role-play contexts involve asking a neighbor to babysit, inquiring about an amusement park visited by a friend, or discussing musical instruments and concerts. Candidates also practice interacting with a colleague about a short stay in a Canadian region or asking a colleague about the Canadian health system after recently moving to the country.
Additional Tâche 2 prompts require candidates to gather information from a tourism office employee about visiting a leisure park, ask a travel agency employee about a planned cruise, or question a former tenant while viewing an apartment for rent. Further situations involve asking a friend living in Canada about childcare solutions for a newly arrived family, speaking with a pet store employee about adopting a companion animal, asking a neighbor for weekend trip advice around the region, inquiring about activities at a cultural and sports center, or asking a vocational training center employee about organizing a new professional training program.
Tâche 3 Argumentative Questions
The third task presents argumentative topics requiring candidates to share their opinion and explain their reasoning. Questions include whether people can easily live without a mobile phone, whether books have lost their utility in the modern era, and if zoological gardens are necessary.
Additional discussion questions ask whether social networks make it easier to meet new people and create friendships, if children should be encouraged to participate in sports competitions, and whether it is simple to preserve one’s original culture while living abroad. Candidates are also asked whether one should always tell the whole truth to children, and whether les écoles devraient-elles accorder davantage d’importance aux activités artistiques.
Further debate prompts address whether having an education is indispensable to making a lot of money, whether parents should ban internet use for children at home, if it is possible to live in a country without speaking its language, and whether deciding to leave one’s country is easy. Additional topics question whether new technologies will destroy jobs according to some economists, what opinions exist on consumption patterns in developed countries, and whether the presence of children facilitates integration into a new country.