DFA 1- Français des Affaires

Diplôme de Français des Affaires 1er degré (DFA 1)

The Diplôme de Français des Affaires 1er degré (DFA 1) was established by the Paris Chamber of Commerce and serves as proof of good knowledge of spoken and business French. Examinees must be able to understand newspaper articles on general socio-economic issues, to translate from their native language into French, to correspond in French and to handle forms and documents.


The certificate can be taken in various locations throughout the world, such as French cultural institutes, Alliance Française institutes, private or public universities and schools, language centres and education centres.
Current information about examination dates, place and fees can be found on the following website:
CCIP - Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris


French of the Business (Trade) :


# Diploma of French of the Business, 1st degree

The Diploma of French of the business, 1st degree (DFA 1), concerns to students, training, professional, that reached a good level of knowledge of the French language applied to the acts of communication and that wish, in a professional perspective, to validate their acquirements by an official diploma adapted to the requirements of the professional world..

The Diploma of French of the business, 1st degree (DFA 1), is destined to candidates having reached a French elevated / advanced intermediate level used in a professional context.


# Diploma of French of the Business, 2nd degree

ATTENTION: This diploma only gets ready by one-to-one tuitions. The Diploma of French of the business 2nd degree (DFA 2) concerns all person wanting to justify his/her faculty to use with efficiency French in most social and professional situations, including in situations of responsibility.

It especially answers to the needs of the enterprises or institutions that maintain regular relations with French-speaking partners. It allows these to select the staff whose professional practice is doubled by a real linguistic expertise.

It also answers the needs of the candidates that wish, in an ulterior stage, either to follow a higher education efficiently in French in a specialty in relation with the world of the business (trade, management, economy, administration of enterprise, etc.), either to pursue their perfection while preparing the 3rd degree of French of the business of the CCIP (the Diploma deepened of French of the business & ndash; DAFA).

The DFA 2 is destined to candidates having reached a French advanced / superior level used in professional context.


Diplôme de Français des Affaires - I Degré (DFA I)
Replaces the ‘Certificat Pratique de Français Commercial et Economique’
Requires approx. 480 hours of French
Exam consists of 6 tasks:


* Test [multiple choice, fill in blanks etc] (1 hour)
* Reading comprehension [answer questions on, produce summary] (1 hour)
* Correspondence [letter writing] (45 mins)
* Translation [into and from mother tongue] (1 hour)
* Oral [interview] (15 mins)
* Oral [translation into French from text in mother- tongue] (15 mins)
* Fee: 77 euros

http://www.fda.ccip.fr/examens/dfp-affaires-b2