DELF (Diplôme d’études en langue française) and DALF (Diplôme approfondi de langue française) diplomas are the official French language proficiency certifications. In Italy they are promoted by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR).
DELF and DALF are divided into six independent diplomas of progressive difficulty, which correspond to the six levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for
Languages (QCERL) of the Council of Europe.
Four diplomas for the DELF and two for the DALF, may be obtained independently of each other. Each DELF and DALF diploma provides four tests for four different language skills: oral comprehension and expression, written comprehension and expression.