Professional French Business Diploma
Valid for life — for consultants, marketing officers, HR, project managers and engineers working in French in an international professional context.
Professional French Business Diploma
Valid for life, the DFP Business certifies that you can use French effectively, both orally and in writing, in the main professional communication situations and that you are operational in the relational, administrative and commercial functions of a company.
Who is it for?
All students or professionals who work or will be called upon to communicate in French in a professional context. This diploma is particularly aimed at company or administration staff in all functions that require communication with French-speaking contacts.
Prerequisites:
- Aged 16 or over
- Able to read and write — minimum secondary school level recommended
- Able to type text on a computer and use a mouse
- Having at least a theoretical knowledge of professional life realities
Activity examples & topics
Activities assessed
Complete a form, comment on a graph, write a note or report, meet and advise a client, present your career, argue to a decision-maker.
Topics covered
Professional world, business, social, economic and commercial realities, negotiations.
Description by level
The DFP Business is available from level A1 to C1, as well as the Secretariat Professional French Diploma (B1 and B2):
Level: Validates A1 CEFR competency (approx. 60–80 hours of learning). Elementary level — can understand and express in the simplest social and professional situations.
Understanding and processing information: Understands the essential elements of very simple professional documents. Can write very short standardised professional messages.
Oral interaction: Can establish very simple social and professional contacts in a limited number of known or predictable situations.
Level: Validates A2 CEFR competency (approx. 120–150 hours). Elementary level — can understand and express to perform communication tasks in very simple everyday professional situations.
Understanding and processing information: Understands the key elements of simple written professional documents. Can write short, everyday professional messages.
Oral interaction: Can, using simple language, make social contacts, describe experience, express opinions, ask questions in everyday situations.
Level: Validates B1 CEFR competency (approx. 250 hours). Independent level — understands and expresses in everyday social and professional situations.
Understanding and processing information: Understands key elements of simple reports and everyday professional documents. Can reorganise provided elements into a given format, write routine messages.
Oral interaction: Can take part in routine exchanges, describe activities, exchange factual information, discuss options, give explanations.
Level: Validates B2 CEFR competency (approx. 350 hours). Independent level — communicates effectively across a wide range of professional situations, including unexpected ones.
Understanding and processing information: Understands important details in professional writing. Can understand long, structured interventions to write reports, summaries, syntheses.
Oral interaction: Presents structured information, argues to convince, responds to others' arguments in formal situations (meetings, negotiations).
Level: Validates C1 CEFR competency. Expert level — advanced mastery of professional business French, able to handle complex and unexpected situations with ease.
Understanding and processing information:
Oral interaction:
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