Text Messages and Emails: Digital Reading in French

Communication in the 21st century is digital. In the TEF and TCF Reading exams, you will analyze SMS threads among friends and formal emails in professional or administrative contexts. These tasks test your ability to recognize Registers (Formal vs. Informal) and understand the relationship between the sender and the receiver.

In this guide, we decode the French digital language.

1. Text Messages and SMS (Le langage SMS)

SMS language is shorthand.

Common Abbreviations: