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The best way to learn French is to be immersed in it.
Spending one year in a french speaking country is perfect. If you do not have this amount of free time, you can still live in a french speaking country for a few months, you will learn a lot. In this case, the best is to study before in your own country so that when you arrive you do not loose time learning the basics.

Once you are in a french speaking country, you need of course to enroll in a french foreign language school ( take an intensive class if you can't stay for a long time). Also, try to participate to all cultural activities that are offered to you. Meeting french native speakers and speaking is very helpful, but difficult as first because native speakers do not speak as slowly as your teachers!
Also, living with a french host family is 100% better than in a student residence where you will probably be with other foreigners : you will then communicate either in english or in your mother tongue.

If you need more advice, do not hesitate to contact us at inflexyon

The French Ministry of National Education awards two diplomas, the DELF and the DALF. These exams take place both in France and abroad. For details contact your nearest French consulate.

Diplôme d’Etudes de Langue Française (D.E.L.F.) is divided into two levels:
Level I - containing four units (A1 to A4)
Level II - containing two units (A5 to A6)
Units can be taken individually in any order, and once passed a credit is given which remains valid indefinitely. Each unit costs approx. 46 €. The Level II DELF is only open to candidates who have passed Level I. Candidates who obtain the DELF level I should be able to understand and make themselves understood in a wide variety of everyday situations in a French-speaking environment. Candidates with the DELF level II will be able to operate in a more specialised area of interest (eg. economics or another academic domain).

Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française (D.A.L.F.) The DALF is made up of four units (B1 to B4). As with the DELF, credit units are permanently valid. Candidates are expected to demonstrate their ability to use French in both general and specialist contexts. However, whilst candidates are expected to engage in a fairly technical discussion of their chosen field, the test is one of language and not of specialist knowledge. In order to sit the DALF exams, candidates must have a level II DELF or (in the U.K.) a pass at French GCE ‘A’ level. (For other recognised awards, contact your local consulate.) It is also possible to take a DALF access test. Candidates who pass the DALF are deemed to be exempt from the language requirement for entry to French universities and to be able to follow a course in their chosen field.

Inflexyon, french language school prepares for both diplomas, DELF and DALF. For more information, contact us : Inflexyon.