Top 20 Logical Connectors (Mots Charnières) for TEF Canada

If there is one absolute "cheat code" for the TEF Canada and TCF Canada exams, it is the mastery of Les Mots Charnières (Logical Connectors).

The grading rubrics for both the Paris Chamber of Commerce (CCIP) and France Éducation International (FEI) explicitly dedicate 25% of your Writing and Speaking scores to "Cohesion and Coherence."

An essay written with basic vocabulary but excellent logical connectors will often score a CLB 8, whereas an essay with great vocabulary but no connectors will struggle to hit CLB 6.

Here are the Top 20 advanced connectors you must memorize and deploy in your exam.