How I passed the DALF C1 French exam! (tips, resources, test info)
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I passed the DALF with really good scores! in this video i'm going to talk about my DALF C1 experience, talk about how i prepared + what resources I used, and give some tips that went a long way for me ~ thanks for watching!
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đ about me: my name is Elysse, I'm 23 years old from the southern U.S. I've been learning languages for about 8 years, and I speak English (native), Spanish (C2), German (B2/C1), French (C1), Portuguese (B2), American Sign Language (advanced), and Turkish (A1). I'm interested in learning Hebrew, Chinese, Georgian, and maybe NĂĄhuatl as well :)
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00:00 my dalf results reaction
00:20 taking the DALF C1?
2:00 what you need to know about the DALF C1
2:50 the listening exam
5:21 Lingoda saved my LIFE
6:53 the reading exam
8:40 the writing exam
11:24 the speaking exam (HELP)!
I wanted to sit the exams mainly for fun. I passed both DALF C1 and DALF C2. But also because an extra certificate is never a bad thing. At the moment, it feels important and and one feels happy and proud. But on a larger scale, it is not more than a nice thing to have. It does not mean I master the language and I still need to improve in many aspects of the language. But having the certificate is for sure a nice thing to have but one should by no means stop there. The greatest satisfaction, in my opinion, is being able to communicate in the language and seeing that my knowledge really works in the real world. Learning never stops !!
You passed c2 and you donât think you master the language?
@@KatAles-cp3pc yes, exactly. Exam is not difficult to pass. But to master the language, you have to spend a lot of time with it, which I do not do.
@@anita18274 c2 is very difficult
@@KatAles-cp3pc i still believe one can pass it with the right strategy, without mastering the language. Examiners expect specific things from examinee, which can be prepared. But I understand that C2 can look very difficult.
@@anita18274 no you canât. What is your score in c2? Are you sure you took the right exam? You can definitely pass it by knowing the exam strategy, but you canât pass it unless your level is very high, of course you donât have to be a native speaker to pass it
Congratulations. I got a 51/100 on the B2 when I took it last year. Not great but I still passed.
50% is a pass? Man, that is so much less strict than the FCE
@@valerijajovanovic2020 yes, in DALF pass is 50%
Same for me đ I did not prepare to be honest and thought I would not pass, the exam is not easy at all
@@KatAles-cp3pc ofc it was difficult, you didn't study. Did you expect it to be handed to you as a cake on a platter?? I got over 90% with a little bit of study, why pay around 380 CHF/Euro or whatever and not study lmao deserved imo, the only really difficult part was production orale on which I missed out 5 marks.
@@sauravbarik2944 I just needed a pass at that time for university entry, and I thought I would pass because I could speak well, and I passed, but I was not really familiar with the exam structure. And I had to time to study. I did not take the exam âjust for funâ to pay over 300 euro, I needed it urgently no matter the price. Production oracle was the easiest part for me with highest score , comprehension orale or production ecrite are more difficult.
"but it sure is pretty" hahahaha i loved this. Well done, Elysse!
well done! ur such an inspiration for me
I've been so inspired! Thank you, I will tell you about my expĂ©rience once I take itâ€
Well done! Iâm studying for the DELE so this was super inspiring!
Felicitations! Bravo! Je suis sûr que tu as réussi a cause de travail ce que tu en as mets.
You're my inspiration, seriously! Thank you so much for uploading these videos. Sending you huge hugs
Love your content!âš
1:38 the video concept u told about would be so immensely helpful, we'll be waitin'! Keep it up you're just doing gr8!
great video! waiting for the second one about the DALF prep :)
Congratulations!!!
great video!!
I will be taking the DALF C1 in April of this year, so this video is in perfect timing. Thank you so much! I got a French tutor and I have been so stressed over the synthese and the essai argumentatif aaarghhh, I hope it goes well.
Omg thats awesome!I am a beginner in french and I am actually giving the A1exam in SIX DAYS hope i pass with flying colours just like you
Te acabo de descubrir y me encanta tu vibe :)
For that price, they should have sent you the certificate in a sparkling gold frame. 25/25 in C1 writing, such a queen. đđ
Getting a C1 but then not being able to talk about hair dye is my literal exact relationship with German đ
Tell me why I can discuss the morality of war but I canât follow a recipe without a dictionary
It's so relatable for me with English đ on paper I have a C2 but I feel like I still don't know so many basic words of every day use, it's honestly sad
omg yeah being proficient to those accreditation institutions and being proficient in real life situations are two very diffeeent things đđđ
Der Grund ist einfach. Es hĂ€ngt davon wie du dein Vokabeln aufgebaut hast. Was ich, als Deutschlearner, beobachtet hab, dass am meisten DeutschanfĂ€ngerbĂŒcher und sogar fortgeschrittene bĂŒcher geht um Thema wie Umwelt o.Ă und deshalb haben wir Vokabelnmangeln in andere Bereiche die wir nicht eigentlich von diesem VorbereitungsbĂŒcher gelernt haben. Aber wenn man wirklich in Deutsch intressiert ist, dann er kann diese LĂŒcke einfach vernichten, in dem man die Deutsch Roman liest wo es immer ĂŒber Beschreiben geht.
â@@ellevasc I feel like Im the opposite. I would probably get a B2/C1 on the exam but I watch maybe half my content in Spanish and lived in Mexico for years. Sometimes the minute details of the grammar get me hung up but I can speak and understand without issues but on an exam like that they'll grill you on those minute details
@@Ala100zpanfu I thought I was the only one! Thank God I'm not đ I'm reviewing basic and common expressions and reading YA crime novels hahaha I'm improving a lot, hope it helps
Félicitations ! En fait, avec cet score là , je suis persuadé que tu aurais pu avoir le C2.
Le soucis, câest quâau jour dâaujourdâhui, elle est incapable de faire des phrases simples sans fautes. Chacune de ses phrases simples contient des fautes de niveau A1 ou A2. Elle ne connaĂźt mĂȘme pas les possessifs.
Ce qui prouve son manque cruel de bases solides. Câest ce qui se passe quand on Ă©tudie Ă fond pour un examen sur une courte pĂ©riode. Ăa a Ă©tĂ© prouvĂ© que câest totalement inefficace en neurosciences. Elle a tout oubliĂ© et nâa pas du tout le niveau C1 aujourdâhui. Elle lâavait uniquement la semaine de lâexamen. Du coup, Ă part pour dire quâon a un niveau C1 en français sur les rĂ©seaux sociaux, yâa pas vraiment dâutilitĂ© Ă faire ce quâelle a fait. Surtout quand on est incapable dâĂ©crire une phrase simple de niveau a1 en français.
Ce qui est dingue câest que les gens la dĂ©ifient alors quâelle ne parle que 2 langues vraiment couramment. Sa langue maternelle + lâespagnol. Et elle ne publie que dans sa langue maternelle.
â@@Histoireetturcologie-qm4ti proof? Where did this come from lmao
Great video! Congrats on the pass. How long had you been learning French before you sat for the exam?
I love your content. Casual, funny, not trying too hardâŠ
Congratulations
So as far as I know that's really not so effortless just pass this exam in order to proof your C1 language in France, for sure while I don't learning this language but in the future definitely I gonna try to learn this language also and currently that's Turkish language đčđ· and to be honest yeah I already can speak in this language on easy topics but not so good, but anyway what about this it's really good particularly with this entire information and interesting moments. Continue make content it's so wonderful đŻ.
"Essai: - Vibes" hahaha C'est tout ce qu'on a besoin.
Thank you so much for taking the time to break it down into digestible chunks. I am certainly going to employ some of the tips you have provided.
mais vraiment 25/25 Ă lâĂ©crit JâEN RĂVE. jamais de ma vie
I took the DELF A2 last November and passed with a 100% score . My journey with French is a very complicated one so I did not have a great feeling of accomplishment when I found out how I did . ( especially because i almost signed up for the B1 but then cowered and stayed in my comfort zone) .
I am hoping to take an IELTS exam as soon as I'm able to though . That would be a fun challenge i think!
Hi Elysse! Congratulations! Have you done the German proficiency exam? If so, I would really like a video like this abt it :) love your content!
How do we update the notion template resources? Itâs been a game charger for me and I want to thank you for that
Awesome video!
Quick questiom to anyone with DELF experience:
Regarding the exams, are you allowed to write a brief 'plan' before you tackle the writing section ( bullet points ) ?
Or should you just keep it in mind before tackling the writing section?
I'm a bit of a scatter brain when writing in french đ
any tip to practice my speaking if Im not able to pay for lingoda, but neither am good to hold conversations with strangers, like any IA where i can speak with?
I took the B2 German last week (Chicago is also the closest testing center to me, so I planned the exam into another vacation I had planned...Still waiting on results btw) and this video came out before I took it but I didn't want to watch because I was really trying to only consume German content, and oh boy, this would have helped. I don't feel like the info here is just for French. Why didn't I take notes during the listening section!!!! For some reason, writing in the test booklet feels forbidden
Reminds me of high school in Montreal đ°
im surprised they do a speaking test! my TL is japanese and on the JLPT theres only grammar, reading, listening and kanji. in a way im glad because speaking makes me so damn nervous lmfao
That makes sense because Japanese education has zero emphasis on English speaking đ
Do you have any tips to get from B1 to B2? My New Yearâs resolutions is to get B2 but Iâm not sure if my current routine is enough lol
Just move to a french speaking country and you will end up with a C2 , that is my method
Have you taken the DELE Spanish exam? I want to take it but Iâm way too nervous đ
I havenât!
I want to take it in Spanish, I lived in mexico for years and consume maybe a third of my content in spanish (not for learning). I can understand maybe 99% or higher of what I hear even if it's about technology or politics
Lingoda only teaches up to B2 in French, not C1?
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I've never studied French and don't plan on it but I've still heard horror stories about this exam so I guess that's why I'm here? đ
have you done the DELE? i would love your tips đ
I just asked this too! Iâd love to know her tips. Iâve been studying but so nervous about it
Not yet, I might someday though! But honestly the tips in this video would go for any language exam
When you make the video about the strategies
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Poor mark, got zuccked by elysse
I think you supposed to do the video entirely in french
With no editing, to have an honest appreciation of her French. But honestly, for the past 6 months, sheâs been making a1 mistakes in every single sentence she wrote in French on her socials, and they were very basic sentences. Thatâs why intense binge studying isnât recommended : everything you binge learn for an exam fades as soon as the exam is over. Thatâs also why itâs not recommended to focus on too many languages at once, it doesnât allow for enough time for real deep hardcore long full-time immersion, which is required to learn AND remember a language forever. Because itâs easier to forget a language than to learn it.
Itâs better to go deep, not wide. âđ»
The problem with intense studying for an exam during a short period of time is that you get good at the exam, for the exam period, but it doesnât stay in the long term memory and fades right after.
And it shows in your current level of French. In the past 6 months, I never saw you write a single correct sentence in French. They all had basic a1 or a2 huge mistakes. Like ALL of them. And they were very simple sentences. Itâs very hard for me to fathom that you have a c1 degree since you donât seem to have a1 grammar solid fondations. Thatâs why I wouldnât recommend it.
Studying like this works to get a c1 degree, but whatâs the use of getting to a c1 level just for an exam if you make very basic beginner mistakes once the exam is over⊠like we say in French, its like âpeeing in a violinâ which means itâs a waste of time and energy because itâs useless in the end. âPisser dans un violonâ.
what kind of errors, you've not provided any
@@maciejcisek9812 Iâm sorry, I didnât screen shot every post she made in French to put them into a file called âElysseâs mistakesâ. If you were French, youâd know cause itâs all her French instagram posts for the past 6 months that are full of mistakes.
One big one was about people being proud of their own languages. And she just wrote one simple sentence and the possessive was plural when it should have been singular.
Simply put, it was a sentence like :
He likes his language. And instead she wrote âhe likes their languageâ. And no, he wasnât talking other peopleâs languages but his own, so it was a mistake. I can remember this one clearly because itâs one of the very first things you learn when you learn a language. Possessives are a1 level.
I did kindly send her a few grammar explanations and corrections in her pm back then.
But the thing is, I canât access them to show you cause she blocked me after commenting on one of her post that I didnât want to pay 20$ a month to be part of her community because language services and community are available for free already. Other people commented that as well but all of our comments were erased. I dunno if she blocked them as well. But to me that raises some red flags.
You are just envy. Poor you...
@@karinaceteeme6020 what envy ? Iâm literally more experienced than her in language learning, I can speak 11 languages. Iâm fluent in 7 (sheâs fluent in 3) and I studied and dissected over 20 of them. I can also read 8 different writing systems while she can only read 2.
Iâve been studying languages, linguistics and language didactic for 30 years. I have more language books at home than the library of my city can provide. Literally.
Languages are my life. And they have been my whole life.
Iâm just saying that this method is a recipe for disaster and that it shows on her current French level. All brain scientific studies in the world back up what Iâm saying : intense studying for a short period is the best way to forget everything you learn. Itâs been proven for years.
Thereâs no envy in that. Itâs just a fact. And I just happen to know what Iâm talking about cause I have made that same mistake in the past myself. I know for a fact itâs the worst thing to do.
And Iâm French so I can see when she makes mistakes in French and can confidently say that it is ALL the time. She doesnât master basic a1 level grammar points. Why ? Because intense studying makes you forget. Thatâs all.
So you can feel inspired if you want, you can do what she has done if you want. But if you do, youâll just forget everything. Thatâs all Iâm saying. And she did forget everything.
Nothing to envy here.
This is just a specialistâs opinion.
When a car mechanic engineer says that a car engine has a problem, you donât tell them this is out of envy, do you ?
Not every opinion on the internet is out of envy.
Also, she did ask for our opinion in her video, so itâs not like I was giving it without being asked first.
@@Kalymnah Hi, I find your opinion very interesting. I would be honestly interested in your opinion on how best to maintain two or more langugages, because as you mentioned if you study for a short period of time, youÂŽll soon forget it, unless you use it. So how do you maintain 7 languages on a fluent level. Do you have time to study and speak all of them? Or is there a threshold of sorts? How many years do you have to interact in the said language to be able to say that you canÂŽt lose it (or the knowledge of it)? Thank you.
1. Congrats!
2. You look cold in the intro!!
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Right-click -> Stats for nerds -> Content loudness -19.2dB [Your audio is way too low, dear.]
Itâs fine :-) lmfao
Have you ever heard of the volume button on most devices?
@@quit-rt4vz Volume is from -XXdB to 0dB. Do we have gain buttons on most devices?
Ive been studying Spanish since July I'm getting ready to be a B1 level on Busuu and you have convinced me to take the Lingoda sprint. Thank you
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Busuu quality lessons
Reverso dictionary translator
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Amazon flashcards and bilingual crosswords
Translator pens for reading and speaking
When you make the video about the strategies