What makes the DELF Junior different
The DELF Junior tests the same level as the standard DELF and awards the same diploma. What changes is the subject matter. The texts and role-plays are set in a teenager's world: school, friends, sport, family, weekend plans. An adult A1 candidate gets asked about renting a flat, a junior candidate gets asked about the canteen.
That is why this deck is separate from the adult A1 one. Same level, a different 462 words. Le collège, une note, un sac à dos and la géographie belong to the junior syllabus and never appear on the adult list.
How to use it with a teenager
Short sessions win. Ten minutes before homework, a handful of cards at a time, beats an hour of revision on Sunday. The schedule underneath is built for exactly that: a card answered correctly disappears for a day, then two, then four.
Get them to say the word out loud before flipping. Reading it silently feels like learning and mostly is not. The Listen button gives them the model to copy, which matters most at A1, when the sounds are still unfamiliar.
What the A1 exam asks
Four papers of 25 points, 50 out of 100 to pass, and at least 5 in every single paper. The oral has three parts: a guided interview, an exchange of information, and a role-play.
At A1 the questions stay concrete. Comment tu t'appelles, quelle est ta date de naissance, qu'est-ce que tu fais le week-end. Une date de naissance, un métier and un spectacle are the vocabulary of those answers.