And at my age an age thing too. While I am not deaf my audition needs attention but, hearing or not, my command of my own language is lacking too. So often I get stuck in the middle of a sentence searching for a word. Sometimes when I am speaking English the first one that eventually comes to mind is the French version. 
People are amused when I say âoh what the hell is that in English?â
I wonât be taking it again, I passed it last time but the certificate is no longer valid.
Concentrate on just the DELF. Although they are each following the same levels, each particular type of exam/diploma has itâs own format and idiosyncrasies. So get past test papers and become familiar with how they do stuff. And remember you can be really rubbish in some sections and still be fine overall.
Thanks @JaneJones - Iâll look at those! As you know, I had to abandon some other platformsâŚ
I did think that you had to get at least B1 in each section to get an overall B1 though 
in reply to david Spardo, also the previous query about the interview being all in frenchâŚthere could have been a few exchanges in englishâŚwas it worth it? It depends what you care about. The freedom for artists of all stripes to travel to fulfill bookings without having their musical instruments weighed, their theatre designs weighed plus themselves, visas, expense, the collapse of the Erasmus exchange - the holders of the scholarship are taking their grants to Dublin, oh itâs endless.I believe in a united europe and wish to remain a european. and not a little englander. I am sad to be ashamed of my country of birth with all itâs talents. Brexit is damaging trade, is a failure, and none of them dare say so. Some time ago Ms Truss voted AGAINST stopping the water companies killing the rivers and filling the sea with shit. Thereâll be plenty of it in No. 10.
Dizzy Lizzy would sell her soul to the devil if she thought it would get her into Number 10 
Perhaps she already has The ERG 
I thought with DELF you have to score 5/25 in each section. And as long as you have a couple of good sections so you hit the 50% mark then thatâs considered B1. Double check, as mine was 2003 and things change!
Will do - thanks!
There you are then, my point exactly, I did not, and donât, have all those considerations. Apart from the very important, to me, loss of my European Citizenship, the only advantage to join the struggle was for the vote, and I thought that even for that it wasnât worth it. If I had still been working my French qualifications and long term residency status would have allowed me to carry on here.
BTW, I was not, and never have been a Little Englander, quite the opposite, that is not synonymous with Britsh Citizenship.
long spoons will be needed all round.!
I was not being personal. There are a lot around. Mark Francois, anyone? Ugh; bye for now.
I have a twice daily traffic jam where I sit in my car near a newsagents. All very tedious but at least I can feast my eyes on those news posters 
I knew you werenât and regretted afterwards that I made it look as if I thought you were. But
.I believe in a united europe and wish to remain a european. and not a little englander
you did make it sound as if there were only 2 choices, one or the other. 
Apparently doesnât solve all the problems, so will be a long time before process is speeded up in most places.