DELF / DALF DIPLOMAS

DELF/DALF diplomas are official qualifications issued by the French Ministry of Education and are valid for life.

You are a foreigner and you want to develop your skills in French for personal or professional reasons?
You can take the DELF and/or DALF.

You are French, originally from a non-French speaking country and you do not have any French high school diploma or higher education diploma?
You can take the DELF and/or DALF.

Maison Descartes offers a 12 hours preparation course to DELF A2, B1, B2 and DALF C1.

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TCF (Test de Connaissance du Français)

Download the information brochure 

Download the sign-up form  (in French only) for the next session
Download the sign-up form TCF QUEBEC (in French only) for the next session

The Test de Connaissance du Français (TCF) is a language level test :

• in French as a general language
• opened to non French-speaking persons
• without any specific preparation

The TCF is an objective test, standardized and gauged, which is valid for a two-year-period.
It is designed to whoever needs to attest his level in French, for professional or school reasons.
The evaluation is quick and reliable.

Next session : Friday February 19th 2010 at Maison Descartes
Registration : til' January 15th 2010 included.

Tests

Compulsory tests are presented as questions with multiple choices of 80 items for which only one answer is correct. These items deal with oral comprehension, use of grammatical syntax and written comprehension. Questions are designed on a principle of progressive difficulty. The correction is made by a scanner. The TCF also offers two additional tests, evaluating oral and written expression.

The test puts candidates on a ladder of six levels, going from "elementary" to "advanced superior".

These levels are designed by the European Council in the "common European reference frame" and by the ALTE group (Association of Language Evaluating Centers in Europe).

Maison Descartes is an approved center in the Netherlands for the organisation of this test.
The TCF is a registered trademark by the International Centre of Education Studies.

Don't hesitate to contact us for more information!
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