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G.C.E. O/L 2024 seminar for French language

Alliance Française de Colombo has decided to organize a seminar for the students sitting for French at the GCE OL examination in March 2025. This seminar focuses on literature, comprehension, grammar, translation, and writing, all the skills you need to feel comfortable during the examination.

As the only official French language and Cultural centre in Colombo affiliated to the Embassy of France and the Foundation Alliance Française in Paris, AF de Colombo takes every opportunity to promote and maintain a high standard in French.

*** The deadline for registration is the 13th of February 2025, however, we will close registrations before the mentioned date if we reach the maximum capacity. ***

Registrations Details

Registration fee – Rs. 3200/-

Location – Alliance Française Auditorium

Time – 9 am to 5:00 pm (with break)

Payments can be made in cash/by card at the Alliance Française Front Desk, 11 Barnes Place, Colombo 7. Online bank payments can be made to the bank account mentioned below.

Account Name: M/S Alliance Francaise de Ceylan
Bank Account no: 076010134895 – (LKR)
Branch: HNB Cinnamon Gardens

Then, fill out your Payment Confirmation Form, including a screenshot of your bank receipt/copy of the online fund transfer slip.

O.L. & A.L. accompaniment courses

Designed as an accompaniment course for students preparing for National and London (Cambridge & Edexcel) Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations, these courses are closely based on the syllabus content of the respective examinations.

Accompaniment courses: O.L. & A.L.

Course schedule:
Weekdays and weekends.

ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2025

Timetable – Term 2 2025
O.L. & A.L. Accompaniment Courses

*** TO REGISTER FOR O/L & A/L CLASSES, YOU SHOULD BE ALREADY FOLLOWING THE O/L OR A/L PROGRAM IN SCHOOL

O.L. & A.L. Accompaniment – Terms 2025

Registrations: 02nd December 2024 onwards

Course duration: 06th January to 26th March 2025

New registrations and renewal of existing registrations will not be accepted on the day of the class.

Holidays:

January – 13th & 14th

February – 4th, 12th & 26th

March – 1st, 2nd & 13th

*** TO REGISTER FOR O/L & A/L CLASSES, YOU SHOULD BE ALREADY FOLLOWING THE O/L OR A/L PROGRAM IN SCHOOL

Registrations: March 3rd – March 26th

Course duration: April 1st – June 28th

New registrations and renewal of existing registrations will not be accepted on the day of the class.

Holidays:

April – 12th to 18th (Sinhala and Tamil New Year Holidays)

May – 1st, 12th, 13th, 23rd, 24th, 25th

June – 7th, 10th

*** TO REGISTER FOR O/L & A/L CLASSES, YOU SHOULD BE ALREADY FOLLOWING THE O/L OR A/L PROGRAM IN SCHOOL***

Registrations – June 1st – June 30th

Course duration – July 11th – September 28th

New registrations and renewal of existing registrations will not be accepted on the day of the class.

Holidays

August: 8th, 30th, 31st

September: 5th, 7th

Registrations: September 1st – September 30th

Course duration: October 1st – December 22nd

New registrations and renewal of existing registrations will not be accepted on the day of the class.

Holidays

October: 6th, 20th

November: 5th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd

December: 4th

Individual Lessons And Mini Groups

Personalised individual lessons can be organised for adults, teenagers, children at all levels of proficiency. Lessons may be taken one-on-one or in groups of two to three.

Choose to learn on-site at Alliance Française or office, or online.
For classes not held at the Alliance Française campus, extra fees may apply.

Among our very popular courses, we propose general French, conversation workshops, French for business, preparation of DELF-DALF, TEF, London and National O.L., A.L., etc.

The course content can be determined according to the student’s requirements.

**Minimum duration for on-site lessons (at AF or outside AF premises [for corporate classes]):

2 hours per session,
Weekdays anytime between 09:00 – 18:00
Weekend anytime between 08:00 – 18:00

**Minimum duration for online lessons:

1 hour per session,
Weekdays and Weekend anytime between 08:00 – 20:30

ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2025

Rates 2025 (online and on-site courses)

Individual lessons: Rs. 3,700/- per hour /student
Mini-group of 2 students: Rs. 6,400/- per hour
Mini-group of 3 students: Rs. 8,200/- per hour

**New individual class requests will only be accepted during the below-mentioned period;

Term 1 2025: December 2nd – December 19th 2024

Term 2 2025: March 3rd – March 26th
Term 3 2025: June 1st – June 30th

Term 4 2025: September 1st – September 30th

**PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR REQUEST WILL ONLY BE PROCESSED AFTER THE REGISTRATION PERIOD IS OVER.

**Kindly note that the requests are processed on a first-come-first-served basis and that we will be able to comply depending on the availability of teachers at the time slots that you have requested.

General conditions for individual lessons & mini-groups: School Policy

See cancellation and refund policy

French For Corporates

Mastering French language: a great asset for companies!
Expand your French proficiency, improve your ability to communicate in French in both in social and professional interactions, and learn the domain-specific technical terms that you can apply to business negotiations, telephone conversations, written reports and emails, and professional presentations.
Our affordable and flexible tailor-made programmes offer optimal language learning solutions for companies:

In house programmes or training at our centre,
Online programmes,
courses from beginners to advanced levels
One-to-one courses or group classes,
General or domain-specific French,
Fully flexible timetables,
Internal student tariffs for DELF-DALF examinations,
Alliance Française certificates of completion,
Access to the AF on-site and online libraries,

Course fee: Rs.3,600/- per hour for General French.

For courses not held at the AF campus, travelling expenses will apply.
Training must be of a minimum duration of 20 hours.

ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2025

Please contact us at [email protected] and we’ll get back to you with a tailor-made offer.

They have chosen the Alliance Française:
BCIS, LIFT, SLIIT, AIC, Suez, Connaissance de Ceylan, the French Embassy, the American Embassy, the Canadian High Commission, the Tourist Police of Sri Lanka, CAMSO, AFD, SADE, VEOLIA, United Power Limited,…

French for Tourism [FOS]

For professionals in travel agencies, hotels, restaurants…

Achieve A1/Beginners level in 3 terms: 120 hours in total, 40 hours per term.

Registrations: 3rd March onwards

General Tourism Timetable

Registration fee + Course fee (including materials)

The A1 course is to be followed by the A2 level.

Placement Tests

If you have studied French before joining the Alliance Française, a placement test guarantees that you will start your course at the appropriate French level. You will therefore not lose any of your valuable language training time. Any prospective student, who is not a complete beginner, is required to take a placement test to determine the current French level. (This does not apply to individual lessons.)
Our online or on-site test will assess your reading and writing and grammar skills (60 minutes)
A Zoom or face-to-face interview will assess your listening and speaking skills (10 – 15 min)

Placement test days

*All tests are conducted on-site at the Alliance Française.

Saturdays [Limited slots]: March 29th

On-site paper: SLOT 1: 08:15 – 09:15[FULL] // SLOT 2: 11:00 – 12:00

Speaking test: 09:30 (Slot 1), 12:15 (Slot 2) onwards, per the personalized email sent to the candidate.

Sunday: March 30th

On-site paper: 10:30 – 11:30
Speaking test: noon onwards, per the personalized email sent to the candidate.

**You will receive your personalized email before 17:30, the day before your test.

Placement test fee: Rs. 2,100/-.

Register for a placement test:
Register at least two days before your preferred date.

Placement test fees are non-refundable and non-transferable unless in the case of acceptable medical reasons with proof provided.

A) Register on-site at Alliance Française, 11, Barnes Place, Colombo 7;

B) Register online:
Make payment (Rs.2,100/-) to Alliance Française bank account then upload and send the payment confirmation form.

Bank Details
Account Name: M/S Alliance Francaise de Ceylan
Bank Account no: 076010134895 – (LKR)
Branch: HNB Cinnamon Garden

DELF-DALF TOUT PUBLIC

Divided into six levels, corresponding to the scales of the Common European Reference Framework for Languages: A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2, DELF-DALF Tout Public assesses the language proficiency of adults (16+ years).
Issued by the French Ministry of Education, DELF DALF are internationally recognised diplomas and are valid for life.

DELF: Diplôme d’Études en Langue Française
Target candidates : Adults and Teenagers (16+ years)
Levels and skills assessed: A1 to B2 – All four language stills (listening, reading, speaking and writing) are assessed, giving equal weightage to each skill.

DALF: Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française
Levels and skills assessed: C1 and C2 – All four language stills (listening, reading, speaking and writing) are assessed, giving equal weightage to each skill with a heavy emphasis on higher-order thinking skills.

DELF-DALF Tout Public Sessions – 2025

DELF TOUT PUBLIC - MAY 2025

DELF TOUT PUBLIC - NOV 2025

Examination centre: The Alliance Française de Colombo, 11 Barnes Place, Colombo 7

Registrations: 08th April to 30th April 2025

Exam dates:
> DELF A2, B1, B2 : 23rd May 2025 (written and oral tests)
> DELF A1, DALF C1 : 24th May 2025 (written and oral tests)

Exam fees:
+ DELF A1, A2, B1: Rs. 16,500/-, Rs. 8,250/- for AF students*
+ DELF B2: Rs. 19,800/-, Rs.9,900/- for AF students*
+ DALF C1: Rs. 20,900/-, Rs.10,450/- for AF students*

[*Rates for AF students who registered since May 2024]

***When registering on-site at our office, the candidate must bring a valid NIC/Passport (the original), which must also be presented on the examination day. Registrations will not be accepted if the original NIC/Passport is not provided.

IMPORTANT

Although our registration deadline is 30th April, we will close registrations as soon as we have achieved our maximum capacity.

Bank Details

Account Name: M/S Alliance Francaise de Ceylan
Bank Account no: 076010134895 – (LKR)
Branch: HNB Cinnamon Gardens

Registration Form – DELF DALF TP [202505TP]

Payment confirmation form – DELF DALF TP [202505TP]

Examination centre: The Alliance Française de Colombo, 11 Barnes Place, Colombo 7

Registrations: October 08th – October 31st

Exam dates: DELF A2, B1, B2 :
> Written test and Speaking test (Orals): 21st November 2025

Exam dates: DELF A1 DALF C1, C2 :
> Written test and Speaking test (Orals): 22nd November 2025

Exam fees:
+ DELF A1, A2, B1: Rs. 16,500/-, Rs. 8,250/- for AF students*
+ DELF B2: Rs. 19,800/-, Rs.9,900/- for AF students*
+ DALF C1: Rs. 20,900/-, Rs.10,450/- for AF students*

[*Rates for AF students who registered since November 2024]

Bank Details

Account Name: M/S Alliance Francaise de Ceylan
Bank Account no: 076010134895 – (LKR)
Branch: HNB Cinnamon Gardens

IMPORTANT: Although our deadline for registrations is October 31st, we will close registrations as soon as we have achieved our maximum capacity.

Registration Form – DELF DALF TP [202511TP]

Payment confirmation form – DELF DALF TP [202511TP]

RESULTS OF THE DELF DALF TOUT PUBLIC EXAMINATION – 202411TP

***Certificates of the November DELF DALF Tout Public examination are now available for collection.***

*There are 3 options for the candidates to collect their diploma/attestation:

1. Collect the Attestation or Diploma in person from the reception of Alliance Française :
a) Show a valid ID document with a photo to the information officers;
b) Sign the liste d’émargement.
c) Collect your Attestation.

2. Collect the Attestation or Diploma through a designated person By PROXY :
a) The candidate must fill and sign the Proxy Form, and send it to the designated person;
b) Front Desk officers will check the identity of the designated person with a valid ID with photo;
c) Front Desk officers must collect the ID copy of the candidat;
d) The designated person must sign the liste d’émargement provided by the information officers.
e) Only then, the Front Desk officers can remit the diploma to the designated person.

Procuration – Proxy – Attestations et Diplomes DELF_frDownload

3. Receive the Attestation by email :
a) The candidate must send an email requesting to receive his/her Attestation to [email protected] with the same email address the candidate provided in the DELF registration form.
b) The candidate should specify his/her full name, candidate number, date of birth, and the DELF (level, year & session) he/she sat for.

4. Receive the Diploma by post :
The candidate must send by post to Alliance Française de Colombo, 11 Barnes Place, Colombo 7 – Academic Department:
a) A letter requesting to receive his/her Diploma by post. The candidate should specify his full name, his candidate number and the DELF session he/she sat for;
b) A stamped envelope (A4 size) with your address. Alliance Française de Colombo will verify your postal address before sending the document by post.

DELF JUNIOR

Designed for students from junior and senior high schools, DELF Junior has the same structure and validity as the DELF Tout Public diploma.

Target candidates: Middle & High School students

Levels and skills assessed: A1 to B2 – All four language stills (listening, reading, speaking and writing) are assessed, giving equal weightage to each skill.

Topics are chosen to match topics of interest to teenagers. The diploma awarded is identical to the standard DELF diploma. The level of the proficiency assessed is set according to the Common European Framework for Language (CECRL), and counts a total of 4 levels: A1, A2, B1 and B2.

RESULTS OF THE DELF JUNIOR MARCH [202503J] 2025 EXAMINATION

There are 3 options for the candidates to collect their diploma/attestation:

Procuration – Proxy – Attestations et Diplomes DELF_frDownload

4. Receive the Diploma by post :
The candidate must send by post to Alliance Française de Colombo, 11 Barnes Place, Colombo 7 – Academic Department:
a) A letter requesting to receive his/her Diploma by post. The candidate should specify his full name, his candidate number and the DELF session he/she sat for;
b) A stamped addressed envelope. Alliance Française de Colombo will verify the postal address before sending the document by post.

DELF Junior Session – 2025

DELF JUNIOR - MARCH

DELF JUNIOR - AUGUST

Examination centre: The Alliance Française de Colombo, No. 11 Barnes Place, Colombo 7

Registrations: January 14th – January 31st

IMPORTANT: Although our registration deadline is January 31st, we will close registrations as soon as we have achieved our maximum capacity.

Exam dates: DELF JUNIOR A1, A2, B1, B2:
> Written and Speaking tests (Orals): 01st March 2025
Exam fees:
+ DELF JUNIOR A1, A2, B1: Rs. 13,200/-, Rs.7,920/- for the students of the Alliance Française*

+ DELF JUNIOR B2: Rs. 15,400/-, Rs.9,240/- for the students of the Alliance Française*

*Rates for AF students who registered since February 2024.

Bank Details

Account Name: M/S Alliance Francaise de Ceylan
Bank Account no: 076010134895 – (LKR)
Branch: HNB Cinnamon Gardens

Download the DELF Junior [202503J] registration form

Payment confirmation form – DELF Junior [202503J]

Examination centre: The Alliance Française de Colombo, No. 11 Barnes Place, Colombo 7

Registrations: 08th July – 31st July

IMPORTANT: Although our registration deadline is July 31st, we will close registrations as soon as we have achieved our maximum capacity.

Exam dates: DELF JUNIOR A1, A2, B1, B2:
> Written and Speaking tests (Orals): 30th August 2025

Exam fees:
+ DELF JUNIOR A1, A2, B1: Rs. 13,200/-, Rs.7,920/- for the students of the Alliance Française*

+ DELF JUNIOR B2: Rs. 15,400/-, Rs.9,240/- for the students of the Alliance Française*

***When registering on-site at our office, the candidate must bring a valid Postal ID/Passport (the original), which must also be presented on the examination day. Registrations will not be accepted if the original NIC/Passport is not provided.

*Rates for AF students who registered since August 2024.

Bank Details

Account Name: M/S Alliance Francaise de Ceylan
Bank Account no: 076010134895 – (LKR)
Branch: HNB Cinnamon Gardens

Download the DELF Junior [202508J] registration form

Payment confirmation form – DELF Junior [202508J]

DELF PRIM

Designed for children, DELF PRIM is assesses the beginner’s and intermediate levels of young learners.

Public: Primary school students

Levels and skills assessed: A1.1, A.1 and A2 – All four language stills (listening, reading, speaking and writing) are assessed, giving equal weightage to each skill.

The diploma awarded is identical to the standard DELF diploma.

RESULTS OF THE DELF PRIM MARCH 2025 [202503E] EXAMINATION

There are 3 options for the candidates to collect their diploma/attestation:

1. Collect in person from the reception of Alliance Française :
a) Show a valid ID document with a photo to the information officers;
b) Sign the liste d’émargement.
c) Collect your Attestation.

2. Collect it through a designated person By PROXY :
a) The candidate must fill and sign the Proxy Form, and send it to the designated person;
b) Front Desk officers will check the identity of the designated person with a valid ID with a photo;
c) Front Desk officers must collect the ID copy of the candidate;
d) The designated person must sign the liste d’émargement provided by the information officers.
e) Only then, the Front Desk officers can remit the diploma to the designated person.

Procuration – Proxy – Attestations et Diplomes DELF_frDownload

4. Receive the Diploma by post :
The candidate must send by post to Alliance Française de Colombo, 11 Barnes Place, Colombo 7 – Academic Department:
a) A letter requesting to receive his/her Diploma by post. The candidate should specify his full name, his candidate number and the DELF session he/she sat for;
b) A stamped addressed envelope. Alliance Française de Colombo will verify the postal address before sending the document by post.

Delf Prim Session – 2025

DELF PRIM - MARCH

Examination centre: Alliance Française de Colombo, No.11, Barnes Place, Colombo 7

Registrations: January 14th – 31st January

Exam fees: Rs. 11,000/-, Rs.6,600/- for the students of the Alliance Française*

Exam dates DELF Prim A1.1: A1, A2:
> Written and Oral test: 02nd March 2025

*Rates for AF students who registered since March 2024.

Bank Details

Account Name: M/S Alliance Francaise de Ceylan
Bank Account no: 076010134895 – (LKR)
Branch: HNB Cinnamon Gardens

Download the DELF Prim [202503E] Registration Form

Payment Confirmation Form – DELF Prim [202503E]

TEF

TEF : Test d’Évaluation du Français

This test assesses French language skills for personal, academic or professional reasons on the six-level scale: A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2. TCF is valid for two years.

e-TEF Canada
For immigration and citizenship application procedures, the Federal Government of Canada requests proof of the applicants’ linguistic knowledge of French. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada recognises the e-TEF for these purposes since 2002. The TEF format that applies to these procedures is TEF Canada.

What are the tests for TEF Canada?
You must take the following tests for a Canadian immigration application:
+ Oral comprehension: 40 min – 60 questions
+ Written comprehension: 60 min – 50 questions
+ Oral expression: 15 min – 2 topics to cover
+ Written expression: 60 min – 2 topics to cover

You must take the following examinations for a Canadian citizenship application:
+ Oral comprehension: 40 min – 60 questions
+ Oral expression: 15 min – 2 topics to cover

Please note! All tests must be completed on the same day for your certificate to be recognized by Canadian authorities.

TEF exam preparation classes are done on an individual basis. Please see Individual lessons and mini-groups. We do not offer group classes at the moment.

Important

Although a deadline is mentioned, we will close registrations as soon as we have achieved our maximum capacity.

Tef Sessions – 2025