The DELF (Dipl\u00f4me d\u2019Etudes en Langue Fran\u00e7aise)<\/a> is an official diploma issued by the French Ministry of National Education. It allows foreign and French candidates, those originating from a non-French-speaking country and those who have not been awarded with a French secondary or higher education diploma, to certify their proficiency in the French language. There are accredited test centers all aroung the world such as\u00a0in the UK<\/a>\u00a0or in\u00a0Canada<\/a> for example.<\/p>\n The idea is to shine a light on French culture and language abroad. Today, 400,000 exam registrations are annually recorded in more than 1186 authorised exam centres in over 174 countries, including France. Over time, the DELF diploma<\/a> has become increasingly renowned as a result of French cultural network activities abroad. It follows, in particular, the policy of French linguistic and cultural cooperation abroad as well as the development of many French language teaching centres worldwide.<\/p>\n This national diploma is composed of four different levels which are the equivalents of those within the Central European Framework of Reference for Languages (A1, A2, B1, B2). A public diploma has also been created. For each level, four competencies are evaluated: oral comprehension, oral expression, written comprehension, and written expression. Each level has a different degree of difficulty.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>