New DELF 2020: What's New? - Get Set French

Starting from March 2020 the DELF/DALF Test will change a bit in their format. DELF A1 will remain the same, however A2, B1, B2, C1, ... Skiptocontent StartingfromMarch2020theDELF/DALFTestwillchangeabitintheirformat.DELFA1willremainthesame,howeverA2,B1,B2,C1,C2getsomemodifications.Sowhatwillchangeexactly? ATTENTION:Until2023,theywillstillbeusingtheoldversioninsomecentersandsomecountries. DELF/DALFactuelNouveauDELF/DALF(mars2020)DELFA2CO:7documentsCO:14documentsDELFB1CE:35 minutesCE:45minutesDELFB2CO:2documentsCO:5documentsDALFC1/C2ChoixdudomainedespécialitéPasdedomainedespécialité ForDELFA2,B1,B2 Compréhensionoralandcompréhensionécritetestwillhavesomemodification:Therewillbenomoreopenendedquestions.Itwillbeclosedendedquestions. Therewillbemoremultiple-choicequestions.Itmeansyouwillbelesslikelyaskedtojustifyyouranswerinthecaseofa“YesorNo”question. Thenumberoftaskswillaslobechanged.ForA2,audiodocumentswillbenow14insteadof7previously.ForB2therewillbe5audiodocumentsinsteadof2. Thedurationofthecompréhensiondesécritstestwillbe45minutes(35minutespreviously).Itwilldefinitelyhelptohavelessstress. GETTHEBOOK ForDALFC1andC2 Therewillbenomore“domainesdespécialité”(LettresetSciencesHumainesouSciences).Therewillbecommetopicsforallcandidates. Result:theexamwillbeeasierbutExpressionoralwillbecomemoreimportanttoassessyourlevel.Thisisthepartyouwillbemorelikelytomakethedifference. PrepareyourDELFcompréhensionoraletest! Pleaseleavethisfieldempty BONJOUR,JEM'APPELLEJEAN! Découvrezen1MINUTEcequeveulentlesexaminateurspourlaproductionoraleduDELFB2 Checkyourinboxorspamfoldertoconfirmyoursubscription. Postnavigation ←PreviousPostNextPost→ 9thoughtson“NewDELF2020:What’sNew?” Hi..iamgivingtheDELFB1examinmarch2020.iwouldliketoknowifthenewpatternwillbeineffectfromthisexamitselforfromjune.Pleasehelp. Reply Hello!actually,itdependsonthecountryyouwilltaketheexam.Thenewformatwilltake3yearstobeadaptedworldwide.Accordingtotheofficialorganisation:Lesépreuvesaunouveauformaten2020représenterontenviron15%desépreuvesdanslemonde,ensuite50%en2021pourarriverà100%en2023. Iguessthe15%of2020(startingfromthismonth)willincludeFranceandeuropeancountries,althoughitisnotanofficialinformation,justmyopinion. Reply IsuggestyoucontacttheexamcenterwhereyouplantotaketheDELFB2,togetmoreinformationaboutyourcase. Reply ThankyousomuchJean🙂thiswasveryhelpful.iamgivingmyexaminDelhi,India. Reply Hi!couldyoupleasetellmeaboutthelatestformat? Reply Hi! KindlysuggestwherecanIfindpracticematerialforthenewexamformatforDELFB2.Ihaveonlybeenabletofindthesamplepapersontheofficialwebsite,buttopracticeIamlookingformorematerial.Thanksalot! Reply BonjourDivya!Thankyouforyourcomment.Thenewexamformatisnotyetactiveworldwide,butwillprogressivelybeimplemented.AsfortheDELFB2therearejust3moredocumentsthanthepreviousversion.Fornow,thenextexamsinFrancewillbeaffectedbythismodificationbutitwillbeprogressiveinothercountriesuntil2023.YoucancontacttheDELFexamcenternearyoutocheckwhenthenewversionwillbeactive.Inthemeantime,anylisteningexerciseswillbeuseful,youcanuseanyDELFmethodthatoffersaudiofiles,andalsosomeusefulwebsiteswithtranscriptionsinfrenchsubtitleslike:https://fresques.ina.fr/europe-des-cultures-fr/liste#sort/DateAffichage/direction/DESC/page/1/size/10andhttps://www.facebook.com/france2aswellasLejournalenFrançaisfacileandtheFrenchtextbook“CompréhensionOrale”.Allthebest!😉 Reply I’vej’useexitedmyDelfB2testinGeneveandIfelttricked!Itrainedhardforcloseendquestionsandmostofthemwereopenquestionswithjustification.Ididnotseeitcoming.Ihadnopracticeinthismodelwhatsoever. Reply IjustgavemyDELFB1aswellinLuxembourgandIwasalsoexpectingMCQsonlyforcomprehensionoraleandécritebuttheyweremostlyopenendedquestions🙁 Reply LeaveaCommentCancelReplyYouremailaddresswillnotbepublished.Requiredfieldsaremarked*Typehere..Name* Email* Website Savemyname,email,andwebsiteinthisbrowserforthenexttimeIcomment. Δ