They had changed the format of the exam since I’d taken the practice version, and the listening section of exam had more questions per recording, moved faster than I remembered, and was more challenging than the one I’d taken at home. It had been over ten years since I’d taken any form of test, so sitting at a desk and waiting for instructions was quite surreal. The proctor checked our convocations along with our IDs before we went into an upstairs classroom. I arrived early and the exam started late which made the wait feel long. Since all I needed was 50/100 to pass the test, I decided not to worry about getting a perfect score. The oral comprehension was fairly straight forward, the reading comprehension was even easier, and although my partner found plenty of errors in my written response, he deemed it at least a 20/25. One practice test later, I decided that was enough. Regardless, I decided to take two practice tests simply to know what I was getting into and to be prepared for the process on test-day. My spoken French is fluent, and I had to write essays in French in college so I wasn’t concerned about my proficiency. Since the DELF is a standardized test, it’s easy to find practice tests and other resources online. As someone who bikes everywhere, I ultimately decided that 26 km ride through Paris’ industrial zones Juvisy-sur-Orge was not the way I wanted to arrive so I took the RER even though two-round trip tickets ended up adding another 15€ to my test costs. Also, determine where the test center is before signing up. Lesson Learned: Make sure your schedule is clear all testing days (the exam sites often list three separate days), and be prepared to be summoned at any given time. On top of this, the exam took place in Juvisy-sur-Orge not at the company’s mailing address which was much closer to Paris. Since the exam was full, and the slots were pre-assigned there was no way to change my time to one that worked with my schedule. In other words – not the dates they’d told me. Although I had called the exam center and confirmed the two testing dates, I ended up receiving a convocation for the written part on Thursday and the oral part on Friday. These official notices are used by the prefecture, as well as in other formal capacities to tell you what time you have to be somewhere without you having any say in it.
I have also never received so many “convocations” or summons since moving abroad. It is truly a step backwards in terms of convenience and efficiency. As an American who is used to everything happening via the internet, it constantly amazes me how many official letters and registrations I’ve had to send via mail since moving to France. This left me mailing my application to a center in Ivry (a southern banlieue).
The centers had limited capacity due to Covid, and all the ones I found in Paris were already full. The only other B2 offered was in October, which would be after my visa renewal.
#Delf b2 test registration
While there is a list of official test centers, each center has different registration dates, requirements, and turn around times on their results.Īfter doing a bit of research in January then dropping the project without setting myself any calendar reminders (mistake), I found myself scrambling in early April to sign up for a May test. Depending on the test you’re taking (there are levels A1 to C2), the exam is only given several time per year. Like all many thing French, signing up for the DELF was not as easy as I assumed it would be. I’d already been studying French since age thirteen, so it felt like another strange, slightly-fun step on my immigration path. Since taking a French exam was less time consuming than going to university, I decided to sign up for the DELF. When I was at the appointment for my first visa vié privée et familiale, the prefecture employee mentioned that if I had a French diploma or a DELF certificate, it would allow me to apply for a multi-year visa. As Stephen mentioned in his article about the DELF A2, the DELF is an internationally recognized competency exam, and one that I hadn’t heard of until 2020.
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