Excellence always pays off!
Get a high score on your diploma .. and fly to Paris!
Funded by DRG Foundation
The 2023/2024 DELF/DALF Award of Excellence recognize the outstanding achievement of 4 candidates in passing the Diplôme d'études en langue française and the Diplôme approfondi de langue française.
This award is given to a candidate who has passed their exam in any of the AFT campuses, in one of the following four categories:
The prize consists of a recognition of excellence and a free one-week trip to Paris for two people.
Criteria for determining the winners
The winners will be selected based on their scores in the written and oral portions of their exam. In case of ex aequo on the final score, the winner will be determined by the best score in one of the evaluated competencies, in the following order:
- Written comprehension
- Written expression
- Listening comprehension
- Oral expression
The winners will be invited to an award ceremony in Toronto in June 2023.
Conditions of Participation
The acceptance of the award implies compliance with the following conditions.
- This award is open to Canadian citizens or permanent residents who are non-native French speakers.
- AFT faculty and staff and their family members are not eligible to receive this award.
- The exam must be taken at one of the exam centres found in the five Alliance Française campus locations (Toronto, North York, Mississauga, Markham, Oakville), during the 2022-2023 annual session calendar.
- The winners authorize the Alliance Française de Toronto to publish an honourable mention of their names, photos, videos, as well as any information related to the awarding of their prize, in any medium.
Acceptance of the prize
The awarded trips are neither transferable nor refundable. They will be organized in July 2023.
The winners will be provided with a travel package that will include:
- Round-trip airfare from Toronto to Paris to Toronto.
- Transfer tickets from the airport to their hotel.
- An accommodation voucher.
- $75/person per diem to cover the cost of sightseeing and meals.
Travel documents will have been prepared by an authorized travel agent. Alliance française de Toronto cannot be held responsible for any errors in the preparation of these documents.
It is the responsibility of the winners to manage and provide any documents required by customs and health authorities at the time of travel. The winners are required to take out all necessary insurance for their stay in Paris: civil liability, repatriation, loss, and theft. Under no circumstances can AFT be held responsible for accidents and incidents covered by this insurance.