TEF Canada exam topics: September 2026
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These are the 4 themes candidates reported from the TEF Canada sessions of September 2026, one entry per section with what the format asked for and a note on preparing it. They are not the official questions: they are the families of topics that keep coming back, to practise under timing before your own session.
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Independent prep resource, not affiliated with the awarding bodies. Themes are modelled on the formats candidates report, never verbatim exam content. Use them to steer Studio, Memo and Coach Review, not as an exam dump.
Listening
Radio announcements and service messages: transport changes, opening hours
Note the numbers as you hear them; the question is often about the one that changed.
Reading
Practical documents and press articles on health and the environment
Match each question to a kind of document first: a timetable, a notice, an article.
Writing
An opinion letter to a newspaper on technology in learning
The argued task: state your position early and answer one counter-argument.
Speaking
Asking an agency about a flat (price, conditions, steps) + convincing a friend to join an activity
Section A: aim for ten questions or more. Section B: three arguments, adapted to each objection.
Next step: build a Path around the sections where these themes felt hardest, then alternate timed Studio with Memo vocabulary.