How to start?

Take a free test, then self-study or private classes.

  1. Mark your learning goals

    Your course adapts to your goals and work schedule.

  2. Access your course program

  3. Book optional private classes

    Contact a teacher for a first trial class.

Course details

Prepare for the DALF exam

Who is this course for?

  • You are planning to live or work France
  • You need an efficient, goal-oriented course, not generic lessons
  • Made for busy professionals
  • Our DALF course is focused, flexible and tailored to your goals
  • No time wasted, just real progress with expert guidance and proven results

What you will learn

  • You are ready to pass the DALF exam at your chosen level: C1 or C2
  • Speaking: Speak fluently and precisely on complex topics
  • Reading: Understand and analyze advanced texts, including abstract and literary content
  • Listening: Follow fast, nuanced speech across various accents and formats
  • Writing: Write clear, structured texts with advanced grammar and style

This course in short

  • Personalized plan: Created by a certified DELF teacher
  • Expert feedback: Clear corrections and guidance
  • All-in-one platform: Audio, texts, grammar, and interactive tasks

Pricing

Start in the learning portal. Add a teacher when you are ready.

Self-study

Learn whenever you want, 30 minutes a day.

From €1.50/month

  • Progress tracking
  • Printed book for offline study
  • Audio, video and AI corrections
  • 1 month €14.99 €14.99/month
  • 3 months €24.00 €8.00/month Save €20.97 (47%)
  • 6 months €34.50 €5.75/month Save €55.44 (62%)
  • 12 months €45.48 €3.79/month Save €134.40 (75%)
  • 48 months €72.00 €1.50/month Save €647.52 (90%)

Course schedule

Study when you want, and book a teacher around your work.

  • Self-study 24/7, online and offline
  • Classes around your work schedule
  • No fixed group times
  • Book a class when you are ready

Curriculum

Exam-focused modules plus CEFR self-study levels in the learning portal. Pick the level that matches you now.

The DALF (Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française) is an internationally recognized certification issued by the Ministère de l’Éducation nationale. It certifies advanced French proficiency and is often required for high-level employment, or immigration to French-speaking countries.

DALF covers CEFR levels C1 and C2, designed for proficient users who can function fluently in academic, professional and social contexts.

Grammar

  • Mastery of all indicative and subjunctive tenses
  • Hypothetical in the past (si + plus-que-parfait / conditionnel passé)
  • Complex noun and verbal phrases
  • Advanced participial constructions
  • Emphasis structures, inversion
  • Register shifts and idiomatic usage

Practice and Situations

  • Writing essays and structured syntheses
  • Giving formal presentations and academic speeches
  • Debating complex issues fluently
  • Interpreting data, graphs, opinions
  • Reading and analyzing argumentative, journalistic and academic texts
  • Participating in professional or academic meetings

Grammar

  • Stylistic control of language (rhetoric, irony, formality)
  • Sophisticated passive and causative constructions
  • Nominalization
  • Complex subordination and embedded clauses
  • Extended metaphoric and idiomatic structures

Practice and Situations

  • Writing persuasive and critical essays
  • Producing high-level summaries, commentaries
  • Leading debates and negotiations
  • Analyzing literary, philosophical or scientific texts
  • Compréhension orale (Listening)
  • Compréhension des écrits (Reading)
  • Production écrite (Writing)
  • Production orale (Speaking)
  • Compréhension orale et écrite (Listening + Reading)
  • Production écrite (Writing)
  • Production orale (Speaking)
  • Each student starts with a needs analysis and placement review
  • We build a step-by-step study plan based on your level, exam timeline, and goals
  • Your tutor will continuously adapt the plan to your progress
  • Learn 1:1 with native-speaking instructors certified in DELF exam preparation
  • Get personalized feedback after each session
  • Lessons are flexible and scheduled around your availability
  • Practice under timed conditions
  • Learn strategies for each task type and reduce stress on test day
  • Boost your speaking and writing skills with guided corrections
  • Grammar explanations tailored to exam use
  • Vocabulary packs organized by theme and level
  • Audios and videos for listening and pronunciation
  • Authentic reading texts and writing models for every exam section
  • Access to interactive online exercises to reinforce progress
  • Trusted by over 10,000 international students
  • Average rating: 4.8/5
  • Access to 150+ certified native teachers

Course certificate — Progress report of mastered topics. Teacher verification in classes. Aligned with DALF.

How certificates work

Why +10k learners have chosen already coLanguage?

Feature coLanguage Informal tutoring Learning apps
Personalized tasks and hand-ins

Your teacher sets personalized tasks—and the app adapts exercises to your level and the areas you find hardest.

Learning portal

Study online or offline with PDF downloads, interactive exercises, audio, video, and AI-powered writing feedback.

Structured learning paths

Follow clear paths from A1 to C1, plus professional courses tailored to your goals.

Conversation classes

Every teacher is personally screened and trained to teach with our learning portal—so your classes match your course and progress.

Offline worksheets (PDF, translated)

Download the full e-book as PDF, or print any lesson as a translated worksheet.

Quality guarantee

We partner with universities and align every course with official learning programs—for reliable, recognized learning.

Learn with real content (news, podcasts…)

Practice with real news articles and podcasts—immersive content that prepares you for everyday language.

Full-skill training: listening, reading, writing, speaking

Train all four skills: listening and pronunciation with audio, reading with authentic texts, writing with AI feedback, and speaking in your classes.

Course materials trusted by official libraries and bookshops

Our books are sold in bookshops across Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Austria, and beyond—and approved by public libraries.

Academic collaboration with universities

Course plans are co-developed from our Valencian office with multiple European universities.

Student reviews of our French lessons

  • 4.6/5
4.6 out of 5 based on 12 ratings

Our HR team liked the activity reports. I study French self-paced and add conversation classes when travel allows.

Rachel E.
Helsinki, Finland
Self-study
  • 5/5

Moving to Belgium for work: the same levels in book and portal helped me join a class at the right stage.

Claire D.
Lyon, France
Blended learning
  • 4.8/5

Studying offline with the book, online for corrections. Works for EU adults who cannot attend fixed classroom hours.

David R.
Berlin, Germany
Blended learning
  • 4.5/5

Our partners

We thank our partners for the support we receive for developing our online school.

We proudly work with Lanzadera, a Spanish accelerator program in Valencia.

The university of Siegen helps us to develop and design our education systems and programs.

Our IT systems are powered and supported by the Google Cloud team

We collaborate with universities all across the European Union to develop our course materials, thanks to the Erasmus+ Program.