DELF A2 study plan
DELF A2 · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Listening comprehension (compréhension de l'oral) & Oral production (production orale)
Transcribe numbers, times, dates and prices from 20 short clips (30-60 s), replaying each no more than twice
Record a 90-second self-introduction covering name, town, job, family and hobbies in the present tense
Drill the rhythm and pronunciation of 30 high-frequency question forms (Ou est..., Combien..., Qu'est-ce que...)
Build a 60-word personal lexicon (food, transport, housing) and record yourself saying each item
Your checkpoint
A 90-second audio recording of your self-introduction plus a written transcript, self-checked against 10 A2 criteria
Listening comprehension (compréhension de l'oral) & Oral production (production orale)
Answer 30 multiple-choice listening items on short dialogues (shopping, directions, asking for information) with at least 70% accuracy
Act out 5 transactional situations (bakery, station, pharmacy, hotel, doctor) aloud, using the polite vous form throughout
Formulate and answer 15 questions alternating est-ce que and inversion
Extract the main idea plus three details from 6 announcements of about one minute
Your checkpoint
Five 2-minute role-play recordings, each with a written script checked for vous-forms and 5 target phrases
Listening comprehension (compréhension de l'oral) & Written production (production écrite)
Write 4 posts of 60-80 words narrating a past weekend with the passe compose (avoir and etre verbs)
Distinguish past from present in 20 short audio clips and note the time markers that signalled the tense
Draft and rewrite 3 invitations of 60-80 words stating date, place, activity and a request for a reply
Apply a 5-point checklist (greeting, closing, tense, word count, connectors) to every text you write
Your checkpoint
Three revised 80-word invitations with word counts and a completed checklist for each
Written production (production écrite) & Oral production (production orale)
Deliver a 2-minute spoken account of a recent trip or event using at least 6 time connectors (d'abord, ensuite, enfin)
Write a 60-80 word message narrating a past event with correct past-participle agreement in at least 8 sentences
Answer 10 unscripted follow-up questions about your own presentation without switching to English
Self-assess one written text and one recording against the DELF A2 band descriptors
Your checkpoint
One recorded 2-minute presentation plus its 80-word written counterpart, both scored on a self-made A2 rubric
Reading comprehension (compréhension des écrits) & Written production (production écrite)
Read 10 authentic short texts (timetable, menu, small ad, notice, personal message) and answer 3 questions on each in under 4 minutes
Identify the purpose, sender and recipient of 8 short personal messages
Write an 80-word informal email asking a friend for information, using 4 question forms
Memorise 25 connectors (parce que, donc, mais, alors, pour, cependant) and insert them into your own sentences
Your checkpoint
A timed reading set of 10 texts with answers (target 70% or better) plus one 80-word email
Reading comprehension (compréhension des écrits) & Written production (production écrite)
Complete 4 full DELF A2 reading sections under timed conditions (30 minutes each)
Convert 20 expressions met in reading into active vocabulary by using each in an original sentence
Write two 80-word texts: one descriptive (my neighbourhood) and one giving an opinion with justification
Proofread your own writing against the 8 most frequent A2 errors (gender, agreement, accents, verb endings)
Your checkpoint
Two corrected 80-word texts, each accompanied by a list of every error found and its corrected form
Listening comprehension (compréhension de l'oral) & Reading comprehension (compréhension des écrits) & Written production (production écrite) & Oral production (production orale)
Complete a full four-section mock exam within the official time allocation
Score the mock with the answer key and rank the four sections by percentage
Re-record one oral task after feedback, targeting your three weakest criteria
Rehearse the guided interview: answer 15 personal questions in 2-3 sentences each
Your checkpoint
A scored mock-exam table showing each section's percentage and the three weakest criteria to fix
Listening comprehension (compréhension de l'oral) & Reading comprehension (compréhension des écrits) & Written production (production écrite) & Oral production (production orale)
Retake the two weakest mock sections and raise each score by at least 10 percentage points
Deliver a 2-minute uninterrupted monologue on 3 randomly drawn A2 topics
Write one 80-word text and one 60-word message in 25 minutes combined
Run a 10-minute oral simulation with a partner or tutor and log every correction received
Your checkpoint
An exam-ready folder: two revised written texts, three monologue recordings, and a before/after score sheet
Milestones
Week 2: You can follow a 1-minute everyday announcement and state who is speaking, what they want and when, without replaying it more than twice.
Week 4: You produce one 80-word written text and one 2-minute recording unaided, and both score at least 60% on your self-made A2 rubric.
Week 6: Your timed reading score is at or above 70% and you can list, from memory, the 8 errors you most often make in writing.
Week 8: Every section of your final mock scores at least 50% (the DELF pass threshold is 50 overall with a minimum of 5/25 per section), and you have raised your two weakest sections by 10 points or more.