Salut salut ! In today’s article, I would like us to focus on how to prepare for DELF B1 exam in French.
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Prepare for DELF B1
The French DELF B1 test is based on the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). There are 6 levels in total:
- A1: Beginner
- A2: Elementary
- B1: Intermediate
- B2: Upper-intermediate
- C1: Advanced
- C2: Proficiency
Why take the DELF B1?
How to prepare for DELF B1 : The examination
A good way to prepare for DELF B1 is to see what the examination consists of.
Just like every DELF exam, there are 4 parts:
- Oral comprehension (Listening)
- Reading comprehension (Reading)
- Written production (Writing)
- Oral production (Speaking)
Each of these elements is scored out of 25 points, so the four of them represent a total of 100 points. To pass the exam, you must score a total of at least 50/100. However, if one of the four marks is less than 5/25, then it is eliminatory.
Note: the composition of certain tests, may change from time to time, so be sure to regularly check updates.
The details
| Components of each test | Duration | Score |
Listening Comprehension questionnaires dealing with several short recordings about everyday life (played twice). Maximum duration of recordings: 6 mins | approx. 25 mins | / 25 |
Reading Answering comprehension questionnaires on several written documents: – identify useful information for a given task – analyze the content of a document of general interest. | 45 mins | / 25 |
Writing | 45 mins | / 25 |
Speaking Test in three parts: – guided conversation (2 to 3 minutes) – interactive exercise (3 to 4 minutes) – expression of a point of view based on a document (5 to 7 minutes). You will have 10 minutes to prepare for parts 2 and 3.
| 15 mins | / 25 |
Total length of group tests: 1 hour 55 minutes
* Total mark out of 100
* Overall pass mark of the DELF A2: 50 / 100
* Minimum mark required per test: 5 / 25
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The different kinds of DELF B1
If you want to prepare for DELF B1, you also need to know that there are different kinds of DELF B1 tests for all types of learners:
- DELF Tous Publics: for adults
- DELF Junior: for school-going adolescents aged 12 to 17
- DELF Scolaire: for school-going adolescents (teenagers) aged 12 to 17
- DELF Pro: for people who want to work in France or in a French-speaking country.
Test example
Tips for success
Here are the skills that you will need to master if you would like to prepare for DELF B1.
Grammar
The agreement of the past participle with the subject (être) and with the COD (avoir) in passé composé
The past perfect tense – Le plus-que-parfait
Indirect speech (present and past tense) – Le discours indirect
Sequence of tenses – La concordance des temps
The subjunctive: possibility & obligation – Le subjonctif
The passive and the active voice
The gerund: expressing manner, simultaneity and condition – Le gérondif
Double pronouns: me, te, se, nous, vous, se / le, la / lui, leur, les / y / en
Possessive pronouns: le mien, le tien, la tienne, le sien…
Demonstrative pronouns: celui, celui-ci, celui-là, ceux-ci…
Prepositions and adverbs of time: avant, depuis…
Prepositions and adverbs of place
Logical connectors for the chronology of a speech: d’abord, ensuit, enfin…
Logical connectors for the consequence : puisque, cependant, donc…
The conjunction “POUR QUE” + subjunctive
Vocabulary
Daily life: transportation, travel, leisure, …
Physical description
Clothing
The feelings
Events: meeting someone, unplanned events…
Working environment: company, jobs, coworkers…
Media: newspapers, simple articles related to daily life.
Communication skills
Describe a person, a place, an object, a fact…
Locate in time
Locate in space
Express feelings and opinion (positive or negative)
Talk about the past
Talk about the future
How to give arguments (proving a point)
Of course, I encourage you to bookmark this page, as the DELF exams are subject to change.
If you would like to see how to prepare for DELF, please check out this page right here.
Hi ok this how to prepare fo the test, then what? any fake test we can try to see how good we are for the real test?
thanks