Immigrant from France fails Quebec's French test for newcomers

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"If I failed it, when I'm French, I can understand how someone who is Mexican, who doesn't speak French, could fail," said truck driver Yohan Flaman.

If someone from France can fail Quebec’s French test for immigrants, how hard is it for a non-francophone to pass?

Yohan Flaman, 39, a truck driver from Limoges, France, who came to Quebec in 2018 under the Quebec Experience Program, wasn’t too nervous about taking the French test set by the department of Immigration, Francization and Integration.

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After all, he’d spoken only French his entire life — aside from a smattering of English picked up in school and on long-haul trucking jobs to the United States.

But much to his surprise, when he took the test more than a year ago, he flunked.

“If I failed it, when I’m French, I can understand how someone who is Mexican, who doesn’t speak French, could fail,” he said in an interview Sunday.

Flaman noted when he first arrived in Quebec, he had passed the test for his professional Quebec driver’s licence entirely in French.

“I think it’s ridiculous,” he said.

TragicallyFabulous on April 5th, 2021 at 18:38 UTC »

This isn't really about the difference in French. Even reading the article, he said he wasn't prepared for the type of test.

Same thing happened to my New Zealander husband when he was trying to get his permanent residency in Canada - he nearly failed his English proficiency exam.

He never studied because he's perfectly proficient in English. But no one warned him he has to give a three minutes speech about a sportsman who inspired him. He hates sports.

Yeah, he was very much in the verge of failing because the oral speech question was stupid. He made it through by like one point. Also his grammar is shit so he got hit in the written portion too. 😂

thedudeyousee on April 5th, 2021 at 17:52 UTC »

My buddy failed the English test for Ontario for permanent residence status. The dude is from Australia and failed the speaking component😂

Edit: whelp there’s too many comments to reply so:

1) to the best of my knowledge spouses do not need to take an English test

2) he got a 3/9 and basically just didn’t talk enough/ has a pretty solid accent

3) he’s a great friend and honestly Canada would have been better with him than without him. He went back to Australia January 2020 and thinks failing the test was the best think for his life

4) he also laughs at himself for it but he knew he fucked it up. He didn’t talk enough and thought it was stupid what he was being asked.

TheDangerousDev on April 5th, 2021 at 17:41 UTC »

I guess you'd have to pardon his french..