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What is the DALF ?
The Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française is a certificate
awarded by the French Ministry of State Education.
It assesses not only a candidate’s level of French, but
also represents the level of competence required for university
study. A student who has passed the DALF is capable of following
a course at a French university. The DALF exempts a candidate
from the French language entry test for French universities and
is valid indefinitely.
Who can enrol ?
DALF is designed for all non-native speakers of French:
If the candidate has passed DELF Level 2 (irrespective of the
country where the exam was taken), he/she may prepare for the
DALF.
If the candidate has no French language qualification, they may
gain exemption from DELF by passing the access test for DALF.
Success in the access test indicates that the candidate has sufficient
knowledge to prepare for the DALF. (N.B. No certificate is awarded
for the access test.)
If the candidate has no French language qualification, they may
also take the TCF, which may allow candidates exemption from DELF
(depending on marks obtained in TCF). The candidate must reach
the intermediate advanced level of TCF and get at least 16/20
in both optional tests (writing and speaking) The advantage of
TCF is that candidates will obtain a certificate of their level
of French, even if their French is not of the required level to
take the DALF.
What does the DALF involve ?
 Unit
B1: Reading comprehension and writing (2 hours 30 minutes)
1 Writing test: summarize in approximately 200 words a text of
approximately 700 words/coeff.2
1 Writing test: write short answers to 5 written questions on
the given text or relating to it/coeff.1
Unit
B2: Listening (approximately 30 minutes)
1 Listening test: Listen twice to a recording approximately 3
minutes long and answer questions on the text.
Unit
B3: Specialized reading comprehension and writing (2 hours 30
minutes)
1 Writing test: synthèse of several texts (700 words) in
a specialized subject area corresponding to that chosen by the
candidate from a list proposed by the test center e.g. Sciences
économiques et juridiques (economics and law), sciences
humaines et sociales (human and social sciences), mathématiques
et science de la matière (maths and physical sciences),
sciences de la vie (natural sciences)/coeff 2
1 Writing test: write short answers to 5 written questions on
the given texts or relating to them/coeff.1
Unit
B4: Specialised Listening comprehension and speaking
1 Speaking test: oral presentation on a specialized subject area
corresponding to that chosen by the candidate from a list proposed
by the test center.
Dates and registration
Information on dates of tests and nearest test center to you is
available on this website. Please see our calendar.
DALF
2004
Please see our calendar.
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