Complete guide to the FIDE test

The “Listening” part evaluates oral comprehension across three possible levels: A1, A2 and B1. The proposed level depends on your performance in the previous oral section. The goal is to verify your ability to understand concrete everyday situations.

Recommended strategies: ask for a second listen if needed, observe the illustrations carefully, trust your first impression, and review numbers, times and dates, which are very frequent in this section.

Listening comprehension represents one third of the oral score, while speaking counts for the other two thirds.

The “Reading and Writing” part is generally more accessible than the oral section because tasks are more structured and predictable. Since B1 is not required for naturalization or the C permit, the written part is usually not a major obstacle for candidates.

Tasks are varied but clear: identify and copy information, fill out a form, answer an email or write a short letter, choose the right summary of a document.

The goal is to evaluate practical reading comprehension and the ability to produce simple messages that are still appropriate.

To improve, we recommend practicing with mock exams and their corrections.