DALF C1 Vocabulary: Academic and Analytical Language

DALF C1 vocabulary is the vocabulary of serious academic writing, quality journalism, and intellectual debate. You need it not just to understand the exam's documents, but to produce texts and speech at the level the exam actually requires.

Verbs of academic discourse at C1

For analyzing and arguing at C1: affirmer (to state), infirmer (to refute/invalidate), corroborer (to corroborate), démontrer (to demonstrate), établir (to establish), mettre en évidence (to bring to light), souligner (to underline/stress), distinguer (to distinguish), appréhender (to grasp/understand), concevoir (to conceive).

Vocabulary of analysis and critical thinking at C1

For analysis at C1: l'enjeu (what's at stake), la problématique (the issue/framing question), l'hypothèse (the hypothesis), le paradigme (the paradigm), la corrélation (the correlation), l'incidence (the impact), la nuance (the nuance), l'ambivalence (the ambivalence), le paradoxe (the paradox), la dichotomie (the dichotomy).

Advanced political and social vocabulary at C1

Advanced social-science terms: le pluralisme (pluralism), l'hégémonie (hegemony), la dissidence (dissent), le consensus démocratique (democratic consensus), l'intégration sociale (social integration), la cohésion (cohesion), la fragmentation (fragmentation), les dynamiques sociétales (societal dynamics).

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