The application of the written and oral tests to obtain the Certificate of Proficiency in Portuguese Language for Foreigners (Celpe-Bras), second edition of 2024, ends this Friday (25). The application began on Tuesday (22) in 109 accredited positions, 46 of which are located in Brazil and 63 abroad.
Celpe-Bras is the official Brazilian exam that proves oral and written command of Portuguese by a foreigner and is accepted in Brazilian universities and companies, as well as in processes of revalidation of medical diplomas and naturalization.
Application
Proficiency in Portuguese in the Brazilian variant is assessed based on the participant’s performance in both parts – written and oral.
The written part of the test lasts up to three hours and consists of four text production tasks covering more than one component or skill of using the Portuguese language.
During the test, audio and video are presented twice in a row, without interruptions, and participants must complete the tasks within the stipulated time.
The oral comprehension and production part lasts 20 minutes. During this period of time, there is in-person, face-to-face interaction between the participant, the evaluator-interlocutor and the evaluator-observer. The conversation between the parties focuses on the examinee’s personal interests based on the information in the registration form and also on everyday topics of general interest.
The results of this second edition of the exam year will be released on December 16th. The participant will be able to access the Celpe-Bras System with a login registered on the federal government’s single digital services portal, Gov.br.
Subscribed
According to the National Institute of Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira (Inep), organizer of the test, in this second edition of the year Celpe-Bras 2024/2 reached 3,957 registrations from foreigners from 31 countries.
Spanish is the native language of most participants, with 2,751 participants, followed by French (290 participants; and English (175). If continents are considered, the exam is more concentrated in South America – 2,278 participants – and in North America: 539. In third place are African countries, with 403 registered.
Celpe-Bras
The Certificate of Proficiency in Portuguese Language for Foreigners is aimed at foreigners interested in Brazilian undergraduate courses and postgraduate programs. Therefore, the certificate is used as proof of proficiency in the Portuguese language by higher education institutions and also in the process of validating diplomas for foreign professionals who intend to work in Brazil.
Administered every six months in Brazil and abroad, the tests are carried out in test positions: higher education institutions, diplomatic representations, consular missions, cultural centers and institutes and in other institutions interested in the promotion and dissemination of the Portuguese language.
For this edition, 7,515 vacancies were made available in 133 application positions distributed among 56 locations in Brazil and 77 abroad.
Annually, Inep offers specialized assistance to people with disabilities (PWD). Elderly people, pregnant women, breastfeeding women and people with other specific conditions can also be covered.
Participants were able to request treatment using their social name on the day of the exam, as long as they made the request by August 16th.
