DCL (Diploma of Language Competence) from level A2 to C1

The DCL allows you to assess your language skills in the professional, personal and social environment. It is eligible for CPF funding in 12 languages.

The DCL is increasingly used in the world of professional training as an entry certification and/or at the end of language training.

The DCL is for anyone who wishes to have their language skills recognized, whatever their status (employee, job seeker, individual, student) and without condition of nationality, training or diploma.

The DCL makes it possible to obtain levels A2 to C1 which are established in coherence with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL) of the Council of Europe.

The DCL is accessible in many languages: English, German, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Fle (French as a Foreign Language), FP Fle (Professional French 1st level), Lsf (French Sign Language), Breton , Occitan

The DCL is set up as a real life scenario. Its originality lies in the scenario proposed to the candidates. The different communicative activities are assessed in an integrated manner in an overall assessment.

The advantages of DCL

• ● It is a national professional diploma
• ● It is aligned with CECRL levels
• ● Its period of validity is unlimited
• ● It assesses all dimensions of language proficiency
• ● A success rate of over 90%

One unique test for all with a result according to the performance achieved.

The event is divided into 5 phases and lasts 2h30

• ● Reading comprehension: Reading documents
• ● Listening comprehension: Listening to audio texts (or watching videos)
• ● Oral expression: Process the information obtained / Present conclusions
• ● Interactive communication: Argue these conclusions, negotiate
• ● Written expression: Write a summary on the problem posed

This assessment approach is highly appreciated by companies wishing to measure the language skills of their employees.

The registration fee is 100 euros and is paid by the CPF, Opco, or Entreprises.

A diploma at the service of the professional integration

The DCL Français Langue Etrangère (FLE) validates levels from A2 to C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages. It therefore covers the B1 level necessary for the acquisition of French nationality. The test lasts 2h30.

The French Professional DCL validates levels A1 and A2 of the CECRL. The test lasts 1h30.

DCL preparation training sheet

LEVELS A2 to C1 – English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian, Italian

● TARGET AUDIENCE:
Anyone wishing to prepare and pass the Language Competence Diploma of the Ministry of National Education

● ACCESSIBILITY TO PSH : If you have a disability, let us know your needs. We study each request individually and we always do our best to meet your expectations.

● GENERAL OBJECTIVE:
Be able to master the language and certify your language skills for professional use by the DCL exam (Diploma of Language Competence)

● TYPE OF COURSE:
One-to-one face-to-face lessons

● PREREQUISITES:
Refer to each training program.

● STRENGTHS:
Personalized teaching that highlights the human relationship between the trainer and the trainee in order to detect the participant's own unique means of progress.

● OUR OFFER:
Native, experienced and qualified trainers. Flexible hours (daytime, evening, weekdays, weekends, etc.)

● DURATION:
Refer to each training program.

● DATES :
to be determined with the trainee

● PRICES:Individuals: €68.00/h including VAT - Companies: €68.00/h excluding VAT (+20% VAT)

● WITHDRAWAL PERIOD:11 working days (before the start date of the training)

Assessment methods:

• ● Level test at the beginning and at the end of the training (DCL mock exam or other)
• ● Assessment of acquisition by monitoring

LEVEL A2 TRAINING PROGRAM – DCL preparation

ENGLISH - SPANISH - PORTUGUESE - RUSSIAN - ITALIAN - FLE (French as a Foreign Language) in accordance with the CEFR

(level A2.1 = 45h – level A2.2 = 45h)

● Prerequisite level: A1.2/A2 threshold

● General objective of the training: Refresher training, mastery of basic knowledge

● Objectives: Be able to hold a small conversation. Express yourself clearly and simply on simple personal, family and professional information. Present an activity currently being carried out, present a project for the future, recount actions from the past. Understand isolated sentences and familiar words on the telephone.

Training content

Oral comprehension
Understand the essentials of a conversation with common vocabulary and diverse media (CD, DVD, telephone, etc.) about daily life, family, work, shopping and the immediate environment. A document depicting an everyday situation (supermarket, restaurant, etc.) can serve as a basis for practicing oral comprehension. The trainee is guided by the trainer.

Written comprehension
Identify the essence of a simple text or press article and find predictable information. Read simple, short personal letters. The trainer selects a series of documents adapted to the trainee's level, lets them express their understanding before directing them towards a more general understanding.

Oral expression
Use social vocabulary correctly. Get information and take steps during a trip. Use future tenses, past perfect tenses and past simple tenses. Make a simple exchange over the phone. Participate in informal conversations and discuss current actions. The trainee is confronted with factual situations to which he will have to find spontaneous oral responses, worked on and finally corrected by the trainer.

Written expression :
Write more concise texts on everyday subjects in friendly language to talk about your family, your work and briefly recount vacations or a weekend, for example. Develop a travel plan. Write short letters and emails. The trainer asks the trainee to write writings concerning job searches.

The highlights of the training
Personalized teaching which highlights the human relationships between the trainer and the learner in order to detect the participant's unique means of progression.

Expected results of the training
Passing the DCL (Language Proficiency Diploma), mandatory for the CPF. Assessment of oral and written linguistic level in a professional context. The diploma awarded according to the level (A2 to C1) is in compliance with the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference in Language) Duration of the exam approximately 2h30.

Type of training course: Individualized - according to individual objectives

Evaluation methods:

• ● Level test at the start and end of the training (DCL mock exam)
• ● Evaluation of acquisition through individual educational monitoring
• ● Improvements in skills (continuous monitoring, evaluation grid, etc.)

At the end of the training: certificate of completion, end of training certificate
Teaching means and methods:

• ● Vocabulary cards, grammar exercises
• ● Presentations, practical cases, role-playing
• ● Videos, audio files, educational games, manuals (extracts or in full)

Remote technical means: Zoom, Skype or other

Face-to-face technical resources: Rooms, computer, audio CD devices, etc.

LEVEL B1 TRAINING PROGRAM – DCL preparation

ENGLISH – SPANISH – PORTUGUESE – RUSSIAN- ITALIAN – FLE (French as a Foreign Language)

in accordance with the CEFR

(level B.1 = 45h – level B1.2 = 45h)

● Prerequisite level: A2.2 / B1 threshold

● General objective of the training: Improvement, broadening of skills

Objective of the training: To be able to carry out operations necessary for a trip. Understand the details of professional writing in a known field. Overall understanding of a piece of writing with a certain degree of complexity. Participate in an informal discussion. Narrate an event or lived experience.

Training content

Oral comprehension
Understand different speakers with varying accents and grasp the essential points. Participate in more detail and with more confidence in an informal conversation and better understand topics relating to professional activity and experiences. Follow television programs with a good level of understanding. The trainer can have the trainee listen to conversations between people from different parts of the country of the language in question in order to practice listening to different accents.

Written comprehension
Identify ideas from a text on general topics. Use press texts on current issues and understand their substance. The press selected by the trainer can be used here to provide a more technical element stimulating the intellectual faculties of the learner.

Oral expression
Review and use in practical situations the simple grammatical structures learned: present, past, future, conditional. Express yourself with rhythm and intonation specific to the language with more confidence and fluidity. Speak without preparation on various subjects. Tell the essence of a literary, professional and journalistic text. The emphasis will be placed on spontaneous conversation with the trainer as mediator or interlocutor depending on the number of trainees present.

Written expression
Write more detailed and clearer letters or text comments. Make predictions and develop a point of view. The trainee will be required to express his or her point of view on current or more general social issues and to debate during the course with the trainer and other trainees.

The highlights of the training
Personalized teaching which highlights the human relationships between the trainer and the learner in order to detect the participant's unique means of progression.

Expected results of the training
Passing the DCL (Language Proficiency Diploma), mandatory for the CPF. Assessment of oral and written linguistic level in a professional context. The diploma awarded according to the level (A2 to C1) is in compliance with the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference in Language) Duration of the exam approximately 2h30.

Type of training course: Individualized - according to individual objectives

Evaluation methods:

• ● Level test at the start and end of the training (DCL mock exam)
• ● Evaluation of acquisition through individual educational monitoring
• ● Improvements in skills (continuous monitoring, evaluation grid, etc.)

At the end of the training: certificate of completion, end of training certificate
Teaching means and methods:

• ● Vocabulary cards, grammar exercises
• ● Presentations, practical cases, role-playing
• ● Videos, audio files, educational games, manuals (extracts or in full)

Remote technical means: Zoom, Skype or other

Face-to-face technical resources: Rooms, computer, audio CD devices, etc.

LEVEL B2 TRAINING PROGRAM - DCL Preparation

ENGLISH – SPANISH – PORTUGUESE – RUSSIAN- ITALIAN – FLE (French as a Foreign Language)

in accordance with the CEFR

(level B2.1 = 75h – level B2.2 = 75h)

● Prerequisite level: B1.2 / B2 threshold

● General objective of the training: Improvement, broadening of skills

Educational objective: To be able to provide the information necessary to carry out a project. Make a professional presentation. Deal with questions asked by the audience. Express and justify your preferences. Be more independent during a business trip abroad.

Training content

Oral comprehension
Easily understand the natives of the country with different accents. Attend seminars, meetings and shows. Follow radio and television broadcasts. The trainee will, for example, be required to understand background conversations or those of radio or television debates.

Written comprehension
Read and understand press articles or documents with more complex or technical content. Articles from films, specialist magazines and extracts from novels can be offered to the trainee in order to take their understanding of writing to a new level.

Oral expression
Improve and increase ease in speaking on different subjects. Participate in debates and discussions while respecting the concordance of tenses. Engage in negotiations with confidence. Oral fluency will be particularly developed by promoting spontaneous conversation on all types of subjects.

Written expression
Write using grammar and expressions specific to the language correctly. The trainee must be able to write a text with a minimum of grammar and syntax errors. The trainer will ensure that he regularly offers writing projects in short form (articles, short fiction, correspondence)

The highlights of the training:
Personalized teaching which highlights the human relationships between the trainer and the learner in order to detect the participant's unique means of progression.

Expected results of the training
Passing the DCL (Language Proficiency Diploma), mandatory for the CPF. Assessment of oral and written linguistic level in a professional context. The diploma awarded according to the level (A2 to C1) is in compliance with the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference in Language) Duration of the exam approximately 2h30.

Type of training course: Individualized - according to individual objectives

Evaluation methods :

• ● Level test at the start and end of the training (DCL mock exam)
• ● Evaluation of acquisition through training follow-up
• ● Improvements in skills (continuous monitoring, evaluation grid, etc.)

At the end of the training: certificate of completion, end of training follow-up
Teaching means and methods:

• ● Vocabulary cards, grammar exercises
• ● Presentations, practical cases, role-playing
• ● Videos, audio files, educational games, manuals (extracts or in full)

Remote technical means: Zoom, Skype or other

Technical resources in person: Rooms, computer, audio CD devices, etc.

LEVEL C1 TRAINING PROGRAM - DCL Preparation

ENGLISH – SPANISH – PORTUGUESE – RUSSIAN- ITALIAN – FLE (French as a Foreign Language)

in accordance with the CEFR

(level C1.1 = 75h – level C1.2 = 75h)

● Prerequisite level: B2.2 / C1 threshold

● General objective of the training: autonomy, argumentation, negotiation

Educational objective: To be able to be autonomous, understand and express oneself spontaneously without effort on various subjects. Dealing with social and professional exchanges. Argument, reformulate, conclude.

Training content

Oral comprehension
Understand rapid conversation. Understand cross-talk during meetings. Tackle audio or video conferencing and understand TV shows and movies effortlessly. The work carried out at level B2 will be reinforced and will be more complex so that the trainee grasps the conversation content where different types of languages mix.

Written comprehension
Read and understand without risk of misinterpretation any press article or specialized documents even if they are not in the professional field. Deepening the articulators of speech, expressions linked to the expression of time. Editorials or classic content from French literature will serve as support for a more complex understanding.

Oral expression
Express yourself spontaneously without looking too hard for grammatical structures or words. Describe the steps of a process in detail. Analyze and justify the different points of view. Report, summarize, rephrase, respond, express ideas precisely. Oral will be the starting point of each day where the trainee must be able to express themselves clearly on any subject.

Written expression
Write business letters, more structured and complex emails. Write short letters or, partially, a presentation on a given theme.

The highlights of the training:
Personalized teaching which highlights the human relationships between the trainer and the learner in order to detect the participant's unique means of progression.

Expected results of the training
Passing the DCL (Language Proficiency Diploma), mandatory for the CPF. Assessment of oral and written linguistic level in a professional context. The diploma awarded according to the level (A2 to C1) is in compliance with the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference in Language) Duration of the exam approximately 2h30.

Type of training course: Individualized - according to individual objectives

Evaluation methods:

• ● Level test at the start and end of the training (DCL mock exam)
• ● Evaluation of acquisition through individual educational monitoring
• ● Improvements in skills (continuous monitoring, evaluation grid, etc.)

At the end of the training: certificate of completion, end of training certificate
Teaching means and methods:

• ● Vocabulary cards, grammar exercises
• ● Presentations, practical cases, role-playing
• ● Videos, audio files, educational games, manuals (extracts or in full)

Remote technical means: Zoom, Skype or other

Technical resources in person: Rooms, computer, audio CD devices, etc.

TRAINING SHEET - LEVEL A1 PREPARATION

A1 – English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian, Italian

● TARGET AUDIENCE:
Anyone wishing to prepare and take an oral and written language level assessment test in a professional context.

● ACCESSIBILITY TO ALL:
If you are disabled, let us know your needs. We study each request individually and we always do our best to meet your expectations.

● GENERAL OBJECTIVE:
Be able to master the language and certify your language skills for professional use.

● TYPE OF COURSE:

One-to-one face-to-face lessons

● PREREQUISITES:
Refer to the training program.

● STRENGTHS:
Personalized teaching that highlights the human relationship between the trainer and the trainee in order to detect the participant's own unique means of progress.

● OU OFFER:
Native, experienced and qualified trainers.
Flexible hours (daytime, evening, weekdays, weekends, etc.)

● DURATION:
Refer to the training program.

● DATES:
to be determined with the trainee

● PRICES:
Individuals: €68.00/h including VAT - Companies: €68.00/h excluding VAT (+20% VAT)

● WITHDRAWAL PERIOD:
11 working days (before the start date of the training)

● Assessment methods:
Level test at the beginning and at the end of the training
Learning evaluation through individual pedagogical follow-up
Skills improvements (continuous assessment, evaluation grid, etc.)
At the end of the training: certificate of achievement, end-of-training follow-up

● Remote technical means:
Zoom, Skype or other

● Teaching means and methods:
Vocabulary cards, grammar exercises
Presentations, practical case, scenario
Videos, audio files, educational games, manuals

TRAINING PROGRAM

SPANISH – ENGLISH – PORTUGUESE – RUSSIAN – ITALIAN - FRENCH

(level A1.1 = 30h – level A1.2 = 30h)

● Prerequisite level:
A (no prerequisites) - A1 threshold (some notions)

● General objective of the training:
Initiation, refresher course, mastery of basic knowledge

● Objectives :
Be able to deal with essential situations in a basic language. Understand and use colloquial expressions to satisfy concrete needs: introduce yourself, introduce someone, ask simple questions, talk about your home, your family, your friends. To describe a person physically... To dialogue with an interlocutor who speaks slowly. Answer the phone to take a message, an appointment.

Training content

Oral comprehension:
Recognize different sounds of the language. Understand simple verbal information. Capture the meaning of a conversation with familiar words. From simple current situations, recorded or spoken live by the trainer, the trainee will be confronted with the particularities of the pronunciation of tonic accents and basic dialogues.

Written comprehension :
Grasp from a very simple text, essential ideas related to everyday life situations and understand familiar words. A text will be presented to the trainee according to his personal affinities where he will have to note what he understands and what he does not understand. The trainer guides him in his approach.

Oral expression:
Establish simple contacts: introduce yourself, introduce a company. Express themselves in everyday contexts. Use the present tense and recall some actions from the past. Express numerical data (prices, times, dates). Expressing agreement and disagreement. The trainer puts the participant in a situation using simple dialogues serving as a basis for understanding pronunciation and learning grammar.

Written expression :
Write questions and simple texts: email, postcard. Complete forms with personal information. The participant is confronted with a simple writing exercise where the aim is to express ideas as simply as possible, serving as a basis for grammatical teaching for the trainer.

Training highlights:
Personalized teaching that highlights the human relationship between the trainer and the learner in order to detect the participant's own unique means of progress.

Expected results :
Oral and written language level assessment test in a professional context (Compulsory for the CPF) in accordance with the CECRL (Common European Framework of Reference for Language)

Type of training path: Individualized - according to individual objectives

Assessment methods:

• ● Level test at the beginning and at the end of the training
• ● Assessment of progress through individual pedagogical follow-up
• ● Skills improvements (continuous assessment, evaluation grid, etc.)

At the end of training: certificate of achievement, certificate of end of training
Teaching means and methods:

• ● Vocabulary cards, grammar exercises
• ● Presentations, practical case, scenario
• ● Videos, audio files, educational games, manuals

Remote technical means: Zoom, Skype or otherZoom, Skype ou autre

Face-to-face technical means: Rooms, computer, audio devices, etc.Salles, ordinateur, appareils CD audio …

Programme de niveau C2 toutes langues

ON THE MENU

• General language course, 2 hours once or twice a week.

• Intensive courses, (2 to 8 hours per day) of one or more weeks.

• Last-minute refresher courses, in order to optimize the level of the language in a very short time and to consider putting it into practice in the short term, to prepare for a move, a new position, having to welcome a new colleague or visitor.

• Intensive pre-departure preparation courses for ERASMUS students.

• Conversation course.

• Cours de "civilisation", to deepen your knowledge of a country or a subject (intermediate level required).

• Formulas that can be adapted to sectors of activity, to specific situations (for example contracts and business discussions, working abroad, etc.).

• Preparation for exams: French & international baccalaureate, entrance exams to Grandes Ecoles / D.E.L.F. & D.A.L.F

• Individual lessons/Mini groups. You are an engineer, technician, salesperson, or administrator: our individual courses or in mini-groups are adapted to your activity. You assimilate better and faster.

• Professional/Group. Employees of the same company, you will learn Spanish, Portuguese, French or English together: our courses are structured according to your professional needs.

• Tailored support. You have to face a delicate negotiation, write or understand complex documents, our teachers will help you prepare them.

• Online classes. Your agenda is overloaded or you are on a business trip. You can train to express yourself regularly without time constraints thanks to sessions from 30 minutes to 2 hours

SUPPORTING YOUR COMPANY

We develop courses for your employees according to your activity, your objectives, the countries targeted, the participants, their training, their work...

With each company, we establish a precise educational program: level to be acquired, intensity and duration of the courses, content, methods...

COMPANY COURSES – with CPF

ALEPAL's company courses are given remotely or on your premises.
The schedules are fixed with you. Classes can be canceled 48 hours in advance.

To implement them, we propose the following approach:

1- The pedagogical manager of Alepal gives a written and oral test to each trainee who already has some knowledge of the chosen language in order to assess his real level.

2- An interview with the training director of your company allows us to specify the needs of each person according to their professional profile and the objectives to be achieved.

3- Alepal determines the schedule with your department. We set together the number of hours to complete to reach the desired level. The sessions, generally 20h or 40h renewable, can of course be adapted to your convenience. We advise to plan a precise schedule according, of course, to the the trainees’ agenda. Classes can be canceled 48 hours in advance.

4- The personalized teaching is defined according to each participant according to his linguistic level, his training and his role in the company. Its content and the means used (videos, audio files, educational games, manuals, etc.) are adapted to the specificity of each person. For some, it's about knowing how to answer the phone to take a message or an appointment; for others, it is essential to learn how to negotiate a deal on the phone or on the spot or in the country concerned. The training will enable them to use expressions specific to their professional sector.

5- Our organization monitors the progress of each participant: level of written and oral expression, grammar and vocabulary, attendance and student motivation. This pedagogical report makes it possible, throughout the training, to monitor the situation of each trainee and to adjust, if necessary, the content of the teaching according to the progress observed in relation to the targeted objective.

6- At the end of the session, an evaluation test is carried out to note the progress made and to verify that the objective has been achieved.

7- A pedagogical report at the end of the course including the training report is sent to the training director of your company.

Prices excl. VAT (+ VAT 20%)

1- One-hour-lesson is invoiced at €68 excluding VAT, in Paris intramural, and €68 excluding VAT plus travel expenses, in the Paris region.

2- The registration fee is €80 excluding tax per person..

3- The costs of teaching materials, which vary according to the level, are billed separately.

COMPANY COURSES IN SMALL GROUPS

ALEPAL company group lessons are limited to four participants.
They take place between 8 am and 10 pm from Monday to Saturday.

They are organized as follows:

1- A personalized initial test makes it possible to assess the level of trainees who already have some knowledge of the chosen language.

2- Then, an interview with the director or director of training allows us to specify the needs of each according to their professional profile and the objectives to be achieved.

3- Alepal determines the schedule with your department. We set together the number of hours to complete to reach the desired level. The sessions are generally 20h or 40h, and renewable. Classes take place on your premises or remotely from Monday to Saturday, at the rate of two or three times a week or in intensive training, at the rate of three to five times a week, from two to eight hours a day.

4- A follow-up of the evolution of each participant is ensured by our organization. It is always possible, in view of the progress observed, to change levels during the course.

5- At the end of the session, an evaluation test is carried out: level of written and oral expression achieved, grammar and vocabulary, attendance and student motivation. This pedagogical report makes it possible to note the progress made and to verify that the targeted objective has been achieved.

6- A pedagogical report at the end of the course establishes the assessment of the training. It is forwarded to the director of your company

Alepal rates :

3 to 4 participants
€35 excl. VAT/hour (+ 20% VAT) per participant

2 participants
€50 excl. VAT/hour (+20% VAT) per participant

The registration fee is €80 excluding VAT (+20% VAT) per participant.

The costs of teaching materials, which vary according to the level, are billed separately.

ACCURATE ASSESSMENT OF LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE

Evaluation / Professionnelle - Do you want to hire one or more employees ?

ALEPAL accurately assesses the language level of your future employees. ALEPAL can also offer an adequate training pogramme to improve this level.

LANGUAGE COURSE PRICES

FOR INDIVIDUALS / CPF

REGISTRATION FEES : €80 including VAT

INDIVIDUAL LESSONS
by videoconference
€68* incl. tax/hour

*Teaching material not included

LESSONS IN SMALL GROUPS

by videoconference
2 participants: €35 incl. VAT/hour (per participant)
3 to 4 participants: €25 incl. VAT/hour (per participant))

*Teaching material not included

FOR COMPANIES

REGISTRATION FEES: 80 € HT (+VAT 20%)

COMPANY COURSES

Cours individuels par visioconférence ou dans l’entreprise (à Paris).
Pour la région parisienne, frais de déplacement sur devis
€68 excl. VAT/h* (+VAT 20%)

*Teaching material not included

COMPANY COURSES IN SMALL GROUPS
by videoconference

4 participants €35 excl. VAT/hour* (+ VAT 20%) (per participant)

2 participants 50 € excl. VAT/hour*(+ VAT 20%) (per participant)

*Teaching material not included

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