As an academic institution preparing your students to meet the challenges of an international market, and equipping them to work anywhere in the world, you naturally have concerns on how they can prove these abilities. This is where TFI test can help you.

The TFI (Test de Français International) is a French language proficiency test for non-native speakers of French. It measures and certifies the French skills of people working in a professional context, from beginner to advanced levels. Spoken by over 170 million people everyday, French is widely used language international and business communication. Students or professionals wanting to work in various countries, and aiming to demonstrate a skill in multiple languages, can use the reliable and valid TFI certification to achieve their objectives.

You can insist on the TFI test as a graduation requirement, and have students certify their level of French. Some institutions also require a TFI minimum score as part of the admission criteria. You can use also use the TFI test to:

• Place students appropriately: Use TFI scores to select students for appropriate courses and training programmes.
• Conduct effective language training courses: Organise your students into homogeneous groups, by evaluating their individual proficiencies, and then setting language goals for them to achieve.
• Evaluate the progress of your students: Administer the TFI test to them before and after the language course and measure their progress.
• Motivate your students: Use TFI scores to encourage your students to keep moving ahead to the next level.
• Award credits: Use the TFI test as graduation criteria or simply to certify French proficiency and award credits.

Find out more about the TFI test and how this and other ETS Middle East products and services can be of benefit to your institution.

Score roster

TFI score results can be delivered in the form of a score roster. The roster is only for internal use and cannot be used by individual candidates to report their official scores. Each score roster includes:

• Individual scores (listening comprehension, reading comprehension, and total scores)
• Scores from the most recent testing session (including average score and range of scores)
• Scores obtained in all testing sessions within the same institution
• Scores within the industry with which the client if affiliated
• Scores within the country with which the client is affiliated

Become an authorised partner

Your institution can choose to become an ETS Middle East authorised partner and include the various tests that we offer as an integral part of your curriculum. Being our partner, you will also get access to ETS Middle East expertise and a network of educators, academic institutions and policy makers all over the Middle East.

You can request an accreditation for your establishment by contacting us. If you meet ETS conditions of eligibility, an obligatory half-day training session will be organised on your site. An optional full-day session includes a full and official TFI test session in the afternoon, which enables participants to have a real life experience of the tests. Following the training session, your centre will receive a certificate enabling you to organise test sessions throughout the year on your preferred days.

If you would like to contact ETS Middle East in order to find out how you can become an ETS Middle East authorised partner, click here .