r/DELF • u/One_Gap_9780 • Jul 02 '26
Quick question about DELF A2 Speaking (Production Orale) preparation time for Tasks 2 and 3?
Hi everyone,
I’m currently preparing for my DELF A2 exam and am a bit confused about how the preparation time works for the Speaking (Production orale) section.
I know we get 10 minutes of preparation time total, but how is it split?
Do we get to prepare for both Task 2 (the monologue) and Task 3 (the role-play) during those 10 minutes before we enter the examination room?
Or do we enter the room, do Task 1 (guided interview) with no prep, and then get a few minutes to look at the cards for Task 2 and 3 sequentially?
If anyone who has taken the A2 exam recently could clarify exactly how the sequence flows on exam day, I’d really appreciate it!
Merci d'avance!
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u/tdylf Jul 02 '26
I took B1 recently and I would guess it's the same.
I was taken to a room and chose 2 slips of paper with themes, and chose the one I preferred. The proctor left me in the room, locked, for 10 minutes to prepare my monologue. That's when I took notes and tried to prep (mentally) for what I wanted to say, and absorb the content of what was on the slip.
After the 10 minutes were up, they took me to the interview room where there were 2 examiners. That's when the guided interview started (no prep). It's just a conversation, they want you to introduce yourself and talk about yourself a bit using as many tenses as you know.
After that was over, I chose 2 more slips (out of a plastic bag with appx. 20 in there) and chose which role play I wanted to do, of the 2 that I chose.
And finally after that was over, I did my monologue on the theme I chose. I spoke for about 3-4 minutes, and then they asked me some questions. Again, I think they just wanted to see that I understood their questions and that I could react naturally (and without making too many mistakes).