Mastering the French "R" and Nasal Sounds for the TEF Canada

"I sound like an American trying to speak French with a mouth full of marbles."

This is a common complaint among TEF Canada candidates. Let's establish a crucial fact immediately: The TEF examiners do not expect you to have a flawless Parisian accent. They are evaluating you on the NCLC rubric, not auditioning you for a French cinema role.

However, the rubric does heavily penalize you if your pronunciation "impedes communication." If the examiner has to mentally translate your sounds to figure out what word you meant, you will drop from a B2 to a B1.

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