Civil Law program - French proficiency test

The Civil Law program (licence en Droit) is offered exclusively in French. Therefore, students must have a sufficient understanding of written and spoken French to participate in their courses. In order to evaluate their French proficiency, first-year Civil Law students who completed their previous studies in English must complete an online French Proficiency Test administered by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute’s Language Testing Services. Students who are required to take the test will be contacted by the Civil Law Section.

*New*: Starting January 2026, the payment for test related fees must be completed through the university’s estore. Please follow the steps below to access the payment mode.

This test evaluates listening and reading comprehension and includes the following:

• Three listening passages which consist of a recorded conversation or lecture and multiple-choice questions related to the recording. You will hear the recording twice.

• Three reading passages which consist of a text which you must read and multiple-choice questions related to the text.
• One fill-in the-blank activity which consists of a passage in which words have been deleted. You must choose, from the multiple-choice options, the words that best fit the blanks.

Test-takers must allow 90 minutes to write the test, but may finish more quickly.

1. Follow the login steps outlined on the XpressLab - Language testing portal.
2. After you login, find Droit Civil – Test de français in the Available Tests list.
3. Click on the Request Access button next to the test title. When the pop-up appears, click the Request Access button in the pop-up.

4. To access to the test, payment must first be completed through the university’s estore. Once you have requested access to the test, you will be able to use the hyperlink shown on the platform to access the estore’s page.

   If the Hyperlink on the platform does not work, you can use the link here: estore

5. Once the payment is completed, wait to receive an email granting access to the test. Please allow one business day.
6. When you have enough time to write the test (90 minutes), log back in.
7. Write the test and view your results immediately after submitting the test.

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