OQLF French exam preparation courses

Discover our exam preparation courses for the OQLF French exam. Be prepared when you take take the exam of the Office québécois de la langue française.

Members of professional orders must have a knowledge of French appropriate to the practice of their profession.

The assessment takes the form of a case study related to the professional context. The main task is to analyze a situation with the collaboration of other members of the same professional order in order to arrive at a solution or a recommendation.

STUDENT PROFILE

This course program is intended for people who must obtain a French proficiency certificate appropriate for practising a profession, as required by the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF).

According to section 35 of the Charter of the French Language, professional orders may issue permits only to persons whose knowledge of the official language is appropriate for the practice of their profession. When issuing a permit, a professional order must consider that a person has such knowledge if they meet at least one of the following conditions:

1. They have completed, on a full-time basis, at least three years of secondary or post-secondary education in French;

2. They have passed the French first-language examinations in the fourth or fifth year of secondary school;

3. Starting from the 1985–1986 school year, they have obtained a secondary school diploma in Quebec.

In all other cases, the person must pass the French examination of the Office in order to obtain a French proficiency certificate, or hold a certificate defined as equivalent by government regulation.

OQLF EXAM

The OQLF exam is free of charge and lasts about three and a half hours.

The exam assesses the four components of language proficiency: oral expression, written expression, listening comprehension, and reading comprehension. Professional and technical skills are not assessed as part of the French exam.

The assessment takes the form of a case study related to a professional context. The main task consists in analyzing a situation in collaboration with other candidates from the same professional order, with the aim of formulating a solution or recommendations.

The exam has four parts:

• Preparatory individual reading activity (Reading comprehension in French)
• Group discussion activity (Oral comprehension and oral expression in French)
• Individual writing activity (Written expression in French)
• Individual oral communication activity (Oral comprehension and oral expression in French)

For more information on how the exam is conducted, you can watch a seven-minute video on the different parts of the exam and consult an example of a fictitious case study. You can also consult the Information Guide and the Frequently Asked Questions available on the web page dedicated to the French exam.

PROGRAM BENEFITS

Global Lingua teachers are at your disposal to support you in your development of French and to optimize your preparation time for the test. In fact, our teachers will point out aspects of French that require improvement to enable you to reach the level required for the OQLF exam. You will be able to increase your chances of joining an official certificate that proves that you have the required level in French to join a professional order. People like to take our OQLF exam preparation courses for the following reasons:

• Program designed to develop language skills in preparation for the OQLF exam
• French courses tailored to your specific needs
• Learning objectives determined between you and your teacher
• Tracking according to your individual rhythm
• Courses available for individuals of all levels
• Frequent evaluations to observe your progress
• Exercises and homework (if needed) to consolidate your skills
• Courses offered remotely by Google Meet or telephone

DISCUSSED SUBJECTS 

The contents of Global Lingua courses are personalized. Our teachers always try to approach the learning of a language by using subjects which will engage the student: it is always more motivating to follow a course if the activities are built around topics of interest to you.

The preparation courses for the OQLF test will enable you to work both your oral comprehension and your written expression. Your teacher will therefore focus in the courses on your ability to interact and express your point of view on different subjects in French.

• Read : How to pass the OQLF exam?

Course content

First, we offer a student level assessment to better understand the needs and weaknesses of the student. We provide all the necessary material for the course and our teachers guide you through your preparation by giving you all the information on your progress for each part of the exam.

There are 4 parts of the exam :

• 1.Individual preparatory activity (Reading comprehension in French)
  You must read the case study that will be given to you. It contains two texts:
  • a context, which is the same for everyone;
  • a clean sheet for everyone.
• 2. Group oral interaction activity (Oral comprehension and expression in French)
  This is a group discussion involving up to eight people from the same profession.
  • You must first provide the information from the case study and ask questions to others in order to get all the information.
  • You should then discuss possible solutions or recommendations.
• 3. Individual writing activity (written Expression in French)
  • This is the writing of a text in which you must present a solution or a recommendation related to the case study.
  • You must write, following the instructions, a text of a minimum of words ranging between 150 and 200, depending on the profession.
• 4. Individual oral interaction activity (Oral comprehension and expression in French)
  This is a meeting with the evaluator, who plays the role of a person involved in the case study. This person tells you new facts about the situation.
  You must explain the solutions or the professional steps that you suggest to him, according to the instructions.
  
  For the preparation of the written expression, the teacher will send you corrections in red of your compositions, letters, cases, etc. as well as grammar exercises to help you improve areas identified during the correction process.
  
  For the oral expression, the teacher gives his or her opinion and corrects the student while he / she speaks and writes the corrections on Google Meet so that the student can understand the mistakes being made during the preparation of the oral expression part of the exam. Targeted exercises will be assigned to help the student improve for both parts of the exam, the group oral expression interaction as well as the individual oral expression interaction.
  
  To prepare for the written comprehension, the student will receive a case to read with questions to answer, the teacher will correct the exercises and offer tips to improve the reading comprehension.

It should be noted that the Office québécois de la langue française has compiled several linguistic resources (such as vocabulary specific to professions) that students and teachers can draw on for inspiration.

TEACHING METHODS

You can take Global Lingua courses remotely by Google Meet or over the phone. It is possible to cancel or modify your class schedule, without penalty, with 48 hours notice. At Global Lingua, you benefit from a study area that contains plenty of learning tools and that allows you to access the history of your course notes exchanged between you and your teacher.

LENGTH OF the CLASSES

The exam preparation courses for the Office québécois de la langue française are given at the time that may best suit your schedule and your weekly rhythm. You can also choose the frequency of your lessons. You may decide to take 30-minute or one-hour classes, but you can also take longer courses.

OTHER COURSES THAT MIGHT INTEREST YOU

At Global Lingua, it is also possible to benefit from the help of a teacher to optimize your preparation time for different tests. We offer different courses:

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• Do you have any question? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions.