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Eriny:

--- Quote from: appianway on December 19, 2010, 03:55:48 pm ---Oh, and Ben92, if you want a certification, think about taking the DELF/DALF offered by the French government. DALF C2 seems to be a real killer, so perhaps it's something to aim for! I presume there are similar qualifications in other languages...

Does anyone know much about the placement tests for French? Are they difficult? Which level of the European framework do they approximate?

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I know a tiny bit about them because a friend took it. I'm not sure which level of the European framework they approximate but apparently it's a fairly difficult test, starting off easier and then by the end most people probably wouldn't be able to finish it.

carolynt:

--- Quote from: appianway on December 19, 2010, 03:55:48 pm ---Oh, and Ben92, if you want a certification, think about taking the DELF/DALF offered by the French government. DALF C2 seems to be a real killer, so perhaps it's something to aim for! I presume there are similar qualifications in other languages...

Does anyone know much about the placement tests for French? Are they difficult? Which level of the European framework do they approximate?

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+1

Thinking of going for the DELF/DALF myself. Is it just grammar/written?

Eriny:
^ nope, there is listening and speaking too. http://www.europa-pages.com/france/DELF-DALF.html
The Alliance Francaise organises them. I believe the people who did the test from ANU got reimbursed for it because they wanted to gauge the effectiveness of the French course.

appianway:
Ooh, if anyone wants information about the DELF/DALF, feel free to message me. I took the DELF B2 less than a week before the VCE English exam, so it's fresh in my mind.

For the DELF, there are 4 sections - reading, writing, listening and speaking. The reading sections are pretty straightforward in the B2, but you don't get a dictionary. My first listening passage was incredibly fast, and I didn't finish that section as you only get to listen to the first passage once. The writing isn't too complicated, but the B2 oral was a 20 minute debate with an examiner on an issue that you receive... you have 30 minutes to prepare. I think I introduced my topic for about 8 minutes and then refuted arguments for the following 15 or so minutes.

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