​​Third part of DELF A1 speaking test: role-play

Role-play (dialogue simulé ou jeu de rôle) of DELF A1 oral production lasts about two minutes. Here, you have to make a purchase. In this way, the situation will be in a shop, in a cinema, in a restaurant, in a cafe, etc. You have to ask prices, quantities and pay. To pay, you will have photocopies of coins, bills and of a credit card. Do not forget to greet and to use polite phrases.

Small trick, at the time of the payment, favor the credit card. It will avoid you having to count bills and coins and any incomprehension of the amount to be paid given by the examiner.

Role-play of DELF A1 speaking test is on 7 points. Here, there are two assessment criteria. The first one, on 4 points, is:

“Peut demander ou donner quelque chose à quelqu’un, comprendre et donner des instructions simples sur des sujets concrets de la vie quotidienne.”. That means: “Can ask or give something to someone, understand and give simple instructions on concrete subjects of the daily life.”.

Here, you will obtain the 4 points if you are able to ask questions to the examiner on the products that you want to buy (part of the assessment criteria: demander quelque chose à quelqu’un / ask something to someone). In the video above, the candidate does it very well many times: “Quelles couleurs avez-vous ?” (“What colours do you have?), “Combien ça coûte ?” (“How much is it?”). You must also be capable of concluding the act of purchase by paying (part of the assessment criteria: donner quelque chose à quelqu’un / give something to someone). Here, you just have to pay by giving your credit card. You also have to understand the questions or the instructions of the examiner (part of the assessment criteria: comprendre des instructions simples sur des sujets concrets de la vie quotidienne / understand simple instructions on concrete subjects of daily life). For example, in the video above: “Vous préférez le marron ?” (“You prefer the brown?”) or “Donc, ça fait 750 euros.” (“Thus, that makes 750 euros.”). You can also give instructions to the examiner (part of the assessment criteria: donner des instructions simples sur des sujets concrets de la vie quotidienne / give simple instructions on concrete subjects of daily life). For example, in the video above, the candidate does it when he says: “Et, je voudrais aussi deux lits pour deux personnes, blancs” (“And, I would like two white beds for two people, white”).

The second assessment criteria of the 3rd part (role-play) of DELF A1 oral production, on 3 points, is:

“Peut établir un contact social de base en utilisant les formes de politesse les plus élémentaires.”. That means: “Can establish a basic social contact by using elementary salutations and politeness.”.

Here, you will get the 3 points if you are able to greet the seller (the examiner) at the beginning of the role-play. It is enough to say “Bonjour, monsieur” ("Good morning, Sir") or “Bonjour, madame” ("Good morning, Madam") according to the gender of your examiner. You also have to leave politely at the end of the role-play. It is enough to say: “Au Revoir, monsieur (or madame). Bonne journée. ("Goodbye, Sir (or Madam). Have a good day."). During the role-play, do not also hesitate to use the polite conditional (conditionnel de politesse) “Je voudrais” ("I would like") and “s’il vous plaît” ("please") when ask you a question to the seller (examiner). Also use the 'vous' form (vouvoiement) and not use the familiar 'tu' form (tutoiement). Say "Vous" to the examiner-seller and not "Tu".
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The part from 2 minutes and 34 seconds to 4 minutes and 38 seconds of the video below presents you the examiners’ consultation for the performance of the candidate of the video in the beginning of this page for the third part, role-play, of DELF A1 speaking test:

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For the first assessment criteria: “Peut demander ou donner quelque chose à quelqu’un, comprendre et donner des instructions simples sur des sujets concrets de la vie quotidienne.”. That means: “Can ask or give something to someone, understand and give simple instructions on concrete subjects of the daily life.”, the candidate well asks information on the products that he wants to buy: “Quelles couleurs avez-vous ?” (“What colours do you have?), “Combien ça coûte ?” (“How much is it?”). He understands the examiner’s instructions: “Vous préférez le marron ?” (“You prefer the brown?”) or “Donc, ça fait 750 euros.” (“Thus, that makes 750 euros.”) and he give some: “Et, je voudrais aussi deux lits pour deux personnes, blancs” (“And, I would like two white beds for two people, white”). He makes the act of purchase by paying his products. Consequently, the candidate obtains easily the mark of 4 on 4 at the assessment criteria.

For the second assessment criteria: “Peut établir un contact social de base en utilisant les formes de politesse les plus élémentaires.”. That means: “Can establish a basic social contact by using elementary salutations and politeness.”. At the beginning, the candidate greets the examiner: “Bonjour, monsieur.” (“Good morning, Sir.”). He uses the polite conditional (conditionnel de politesse) “Je voudrais” ("I would like") and “s’il vous plaît” ("please"). At the end, he leaves politely by saying: “Bonne journée.” (“Have a good day."). Consequently, the candidate gets easily the mark of 3 on 3 at the assessment criteria.

Please note that although both examiners possess a valid certificate in the correction-examination of the DELF-DALF, the attributed mark depends on their judgment and was not calibrated by the CIEP (Centre International d’Etudes Pédagogiques). It is possible that the CIEP has a different opinion on the marking. As the examination day, the consultation between the examiners took place directly after the test. So, the marking is based on the notes taken by the examiner-observer and on the immediate memory of the examiners. The examiners did not watch the video again to give their mark.
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