New Year, new goals!
What if, in 2023, you challenged yourself to take a French exam?
At the Alliance Française Dublin, you have the opportunity to take various French exams. Why would I do that? you might ask. French exams are useful for so many reasons. French exams can be a goal you want to achieve in order to boost yourself on your way to learn French! Getting a proof of your level of French might even be a requirement for various administrative procedure. Here are a few examples: integrating a French-speaking school or university, lending weight to your CV, immigrating to France, Canada and Québec, etc. In any cases, it is always a source of personal satisfaction to have the efforts you put into learning French recognised by an official certificate. In 2022, the Alliance Française Dublin welcomed more than 1,000 candidates for French exams! This year, it might be you!
Here are the various exams you can take at the Alliance Française Dublin:
- DELF-DALF - Tout Public
- DELF Prim (for children in primary schools)
- DELF Junior (for teenagers in Junior and Senior cycle)
- TEF, Test d’Évaluation de Français
- DFP, Diplôme de Français Professionnel
The Exam Service of the Alliance Française Dublin organizes session throughout the year. To know when the next session will be and when you’ll be able to register it is essential that you check our timetable.
To get ready for exams, the Alliance Française Dublin offers preparation courses. You might want to join one starting from January 30th!
In 2023, as in previous years, the Alliance Française Dublin is working with French teachers in Irish schools to organize the DELF Prim, DELF Junior and DELF Scolaire. Starting from February 10th, French teachers in Primary and Secondary Schools may register their pupils to give them a head start and their very first official exam before the Junior and Leaving Certificates.
February is also the month of our French Debating Competition, Les Joutes Oratoires semi-finales. Both debates, organised by the Exam Service of the Alliance, will take place at The French Library of the Alliance on February 27th. Congratulations to our four finalists: Coláiste Íosagáin, Gonzaga College S.J., Tullamore College and Belvedere College S.J! The 2023 grand finale will crown the best team in Ireland on March 30th, as one of the high points of the Mois de la Francophonie.
Béatrice Chrétien, Exams Manager, Alliance Française Dublin
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