Government French Courses 

FOR PUBLIC SERVANTS

Why learn French as a public servant?

As an official language in Canada, French is indispensable for many positions in Federal and Provincial governments in order to perform the duties of the job and to communicate to the public. The Federal government must provide services to both English and French-speaking Canadians in the language of their choice. To provide this bilingual requirement, the Canadian government can either train an employee to their second language or fill the position with a bilingual candidate. In both case the person will be evaluated with the Second Language Evaluation prescribed by the Public Service Commission.

The Second Language Evaluation is divided in three tests:

  • Test of Oral Proficiency,
  • Test of Written Expression and
  • Test of Reading Comprehension.

 Based on that performance, you can get:

  • level A, B or C
  • an X (your performance does not meet the minimum requirements for level A)
  • an E (your performance indicates that you can be expected to maintain proficiency at the C level indefinitely and you will receive an indefinite exemption from further testing).

Canadian levels for the Second Language Evaluation (SLE):
LEVEL A
LEVEL B
LEVEL C
Oral Language Assessment Understands most speech that deals with concrete and routine topics and is delivered slowly and clearly in standard speech Understands the main points of clear standard speech that deals with concrete, work-related topics and is delivered at normal speed Understands linguistically complex speech that deals with work-related topics and is spoken in standard dialect at normal speed
Test of Written Expression Ability to write very limited units of information Ability to write short descriptive or factual texts Ability to write explanations or descriptions in a variety of informal and formal work-related situations

Test of Reading Comprehension

 Requires comprehension of texts on topics of limited scope Requires comprehension of most descriptive or factual material on work-related topics Requires comprehension of texts dealing with a wide variety of work-related topics


* Find all official information here: 
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/services/second-language-testing-public-service.html


Why learn with CCFO?

QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED INSTRUCTORS

IN-PERSON OR ONLINE CLASSES THAT FIT YOUR SCHEDULE

FUN AND POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT

ACCESS TO EVENTS WITH THE LOCAL FRENCH COMMUNITY AND 3,500+ RESOURCES  IN FRENCH

 

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