CEFR Levels | Alliance française Sharjah

Learning French in Alliance Française Sharjah is a unique life experience for many reasons. We have more than 140 years of experience in teaching French, and we help around 500 000 students every year to improve their French communication skills and gain more confidence in what they can achieve.

You can enroll in one of our courses on-site and enjoy all the benefits of face-to-face learning or you can have access to the same experience from the comfort of your home or office with our online courses. In both scenarios, we can guarantee that our devoted and highly qualified teachers will ensure you make the best of either option.

At the completion of each course, you can take the DELF or DALF test and you will be able to demonstrate your progress and level with internationally recognized certificates.

Our courses are designed to fit the student's right age, level, and needs. Our general French courses are organized in conformity with CEFR (the Common European Framework of Reference For languages).

The advantage of the CECR is that the learners will easily further their learning in more than 132 countries.

The CEFR is a European organization that was created to provide a common basis for the elaboration of language syllabuses, curriculum guidelines, examinations, and textbooks in addition to the development of approaches to designing teaching programs, notably the development of a communicative approach across Europe. In addition to languages, CEFR promotes cultural diversity among European countries.

The structure of our courses follows the descriptors as defined by the CEFR.

Level A1

Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. Can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has. Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

Level A2

Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment). Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.

Level B1

Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken. Can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

Level B2

Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialisation. Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

Level C1

Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning. Can express him/herself 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 organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.

Level C2

Can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read. Can summarise information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation. Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in more complex situations.