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Do you want to validate your level of French? Whatever your personal or professional project, the Institut français offers a wide range of certifications to meet your needs:
- stand out in the labour market,
- make a success of your mobility project to a French-speaking country
- validate your level in French
- to value and reward your child's progress in French.
The French Institute is the only organisation in Senegal authorized to offer and organize certification or diploma sessions in the French language, to obtain a reliable and rapid assessment of your French skills (TCF-TEF) or, thanks to the DELF-DALF, to validate your current level of French.
Each exam allows you to validate a level (A1, A2, B1 (level for naturalization), B2 (level for a first university cycle, Quebec immigration), C1 (level for a postgraduate cycle) et C2). ou are assessed through the following tests:
- Oral expression
- Oral comprehension
- Written expression
- Reading comprehension
Go to Canada
You are planning to go to Canada and are required to validate your level of French.
What test should I choose ?
Attention : each university, company and career support organisation requires a specific test.
Find out more before you register by contacting your host organization.
TEF Canada
This test is required of candidates who need to prove their level of French in order to apply for immigration to Canada or to obtain Canadian citizenship.
COMPLETE
exam
Oral comprehension
Reading comprehension
expression
orale
expression
écrite
TCF CANADA
This test is mainly required for candidates who need to prove their level of French in order to apply for immigration to Canada.
Other tests may be accepted such as the "DELF/DALF" or the "TCF Tout Public". (see section "validate your language level”)
Check with your facility to find out which test is accepted.
TCF Quebec
This test is mainly required for candidates who need to prove their level of French in order to apply for immigration to Quebec.
Other tests may be accepted such as the "DELF/DALF" or the "TCF Tout Public". (see section "validate your language level”)
Check with your facility to find out which test is accepted.
Attention When registering, remember to select all the tests relative to your registration.
COMPLETE
exam
Oral comprehension
Reading comprehension
expression
orale
expression
écrite
Study in francophone country
The certifications allow you to enhance your CV and give impetus to your professional career, but above all to succeed in your mobility project to a French-speaking country, especially in France, by strengthening your application to universities and colleges.
Attention :each university requires a specific test.
Find out more before you register by contacting your host organization.
TCF for all
This test is for general use and is designed to assess the candidate's knowledge of French (oral and written comprehension and expression). It is a linguistic snapshot of the level of French at the time the candidate takes the test.
For example, the TCF for all can be taken as part of a student mobility project for a Licence 2, 3 or Master's degree in France or in another French-speaking country.
COMPLETE
exam
collective
tests
expression
orale
expression
écrite
TCF DAP (Application for Prior Admission)
This test is exclusively reserved for non-French speaking students wishing to enrol in a first cycle (post-bac admission in Licence 1) in a French university or in case of admission to a school of architecture.
TEF Canada
This test is required of candidates who need to prove their level of French in order to apply for immigration to Canada or to obtain Canadian citizenship.
COMPLETE
exam
Oral comprehension
Reading comprehension
expression
orale
expression
écrite
TCF CANADA
This test is mainly required for candidates who need to prove their level of French in order to apply for immigration to Canada.
Other tests may be accepted such as the "DELF/DALF" or the "TCF Tout Public". (see section "validate your language level”)
Check with your facility to find out which test is accepted.
TCF Quebec
This test is mainly required for candidates who need to prove their level of French in order to apply for immigration to Quebec.
Other tests may be accepted such as the "DELF/DALF" or the "TCF Tout Public". (see section "validate your language level”)
Check with your facility to find out which test is accepted.
Attention When registering, remember to select all the tests relative to your registration.
COMPLETE
exam
Oral comprehension
Reading comprehension
expression
orale
expression
écrite
DELF / DALF
The DELF and DALF diplomas are French language diplomas valid for life and are recognised throughout the world.
It is an official diploma issued by the French Ministry of Education.
There are 6 diplomas corresponding to the 4 levels described by the CEFR: DELF A1, DELF A2, DELF B1, DELF B2, DALF C1 and DALF C2.
However,in some cases, a diploma less than 2 years old is required.
DELF
A1 - A2
DELF
B1 - B2
DALF
C1 - C2
DELF
PRIM
DELF
JUNIOR
Support my career development
A test provides objective information that a candidate can present to an institution for recruitment or promotion. It allows you to enhance a CV, highlight the acquisition of new skills and give impetus to your career path.
It provides, according to international standards, a reliable assessment of the language skills that will be taken into account for admission to an institution of higher education (universities, grandes écoles, art schools, architecture schools, business schools, etc.).
TCF for all
This test is for general use and is designed to assess the candidate's knowledge of French (oral and written comprehension and expression). It is a linguistic snapshot of the level of French at the time the candidate takes the test.
For example, the TCF for all can be taken as part of a student mobility project for a Licence 2, 3 or Master's degree in France or in another French-speaking country.
COMPLETE
exam
collective
tests
expression
orale
expression
écrite
DELF / DALF
The DELF and DALF diplomas are French language diplomas valid for life and are recognised throughout the world.
It is an official diploma issued by the French Ministry of Education.
There are 6 diplomas corresponding to the 4 levels described by the CEFR: DELF A1, DELF A2, DELF B1, DELF B2, DALF C1 and DALF C2.
However,in some cases, a diploma less than 2 years old is required.
Support my naturalization
TCF integration residency and French nationality
This test is intended for all foreigners wishing to acquire French nationality by naturalisation, reinstatement or declaration of nationality by reason of their marriage to a French spouse. The TCF for naturalisation applications meets the new provisions introduced by the French Ministry of the Interior (Decree No. 2019-1507 of 30 December 2019 (link is external) ) setting the required level of French for applicants for naturalisation at B1 (oral and written comprehension and expression tests).
Validate a language level
Have you recently taken a French course?
You work in French, your social interactions are in French and you have progressed in French?
A French test will allow you to demonstrate your progress and justify your new level of knowledge.
TCF for all
This test is for general use and is designed to assess the candidate's knowledge of French (oral and written comprehension and expression). It is a linguistic snapshot of the level of French at the time the candidate takes the test.
For example, the TCF for all can be taken as part of a student mobility project for a Licence 2, 3 or Master's degree in France or in another French-speaking country.
COMPLETE
exam
collective
tests
expression
orale
expression
écrite
DELF / DALF
The DELF and DALF diplomas are French language diplomas valid for life and are recognised throughout the world.
It is an official diploma issued by the French Ministry of Education.
There are 6 diplomas corresponding to the 4 levels described by the CEFR: DELF A1, DELF A2, DELF B1, DELF B2, DALF C1 and DALF C2.
However,in some cases, a diploma less than 2 years old is required.
DELF
A1 - A2
DELF
B1 - B2
DALF
C1 - C2
DELF
PRIM
DELF
JUNIOR
TRAIN
For a duration of 10 hours, in addition to your French course, for specific needs such as
- work on a grammar point,
- improve your listening or speaking skills,
The Institut français puts its multimedia laboratory and its digital media at your disposal to offer you an individual course. A certified teacher from the Institute will accompany you throughout the course.
The French Institute will help you prepare for your exams, diplomas (DELF-DALF) and French language tests (TEF, TCF, etc.) to maximise your chances of success on the day of the tests. A tutor will explain the specificities of each diploma/test and train you so that your university or professional projects become a reality!
At your disposal: the laboratory's computers and customised digital media.
