The C1 Level (Operational Proficiency or advanced) user

• Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning.
• Can express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions.
• Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes.
• Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.

Description of DALF C1 examination

Listening
Comprehension questionnaires dealing with recordings:

• A long recording (interview, lesson, conference...) approximately eight minutes long (played twice)
• Several short radio broadcasts (newsflashes, surveys, adverts etc) (played once)
• Maximum duration of recordings: 10 mins

Reading

• Comprehension questionnaires dealing with a text of ideas (literacy or journalistic), 1,500 to 2,000 words long

Writing
Two parts test:

• Summarize several written documents totalling approximately 1,000 words
• Write an essay with supporting arguments on the documents contents

Speaking

• A presentation based on a series of written documents, followed by a discussion with the examiners

Time & Grading

*Overall pass mark of the DELF A1: 50 / 100
*Minimum mark required per test: 5 / 25