Centre for Evaluation of Portuguese as a Foreign Language - CAPLE

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Visit the Offical CAPLE website caple.letras.ulisboa.pt

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Check for the exam section and select the register option

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Choose the exam and location where you are attempting the  CAPLE test

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Select the available test center and date

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Fill in the personal details

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Finally, complete the application process by making the payment with a credit card

Language Proficiency Levels

Language Proficiency Tasks

Compreensão da Leitura (Reading Comprehension)

This section entails the candidates to read and understand the written information given and record their responses in accordance with what they have read. 

Produção e Interação Escritas (Written Production and Interaction)

This section entails the candidates to fill out forms and enter personal information. They also have to write understandable and clear informational texts like private letters or notes.

Competência Estrutural (Structural Competence

This section entails the candidates to fill in blanks with appropriate words or restructure texts in various formats. They also have to change sentences that need transformation. 

Compreensão Oral (Oral Comprehension)

This section entails the candidates to carefully listen to and understand simple conversations and answer related queries. 

Produção e Interação Orais (Oral Production and Interaction)

This section entails the candidates to take part in simple conversations. Candidates have the option of interacting with the examiner, other candidates, and/or both. 

CEFL Level

CAPLE Exam

Summary of Linguistic Competence

C2

DUPLE - Diploma universitário de português língua estrangeira

This level certifies that the user is adept in the Portuguese language and use it proficiently in situations that are both predictable and unpredictable. It also certifies that the user can put their creative thoughts in the language and produce the same in an effective manner. The user at this level can use the Portuguese language in all situations, be it communication, work or education. The learner is capable of attending a university course in Portuguese or working in a country where Portuguese is the official language.

C1

DAPLE - Diploma avançado de português língua estrangeira

This level certifies that the user can use the Portuguese language in a varied range of less predictable communicative situations in contexts where, for example, Portuguese is used in all situations, including communication, work and as a medium of education. The user at this level may face some difficulties in situations where the language is used idiomatically or contains cultural references.

B2

DIPLE - Diploma intermédio de português língua estrangeira

This level certifies that the user of the Portuguese language is capable of using the language in everyday situations, be it academic or professional. Acquiring this level means that the user can work in an environment where the language of work is Portuguese. Though a user of this level may still face many difficulties while using the Portuguese language at work and as a language of communication. If you are a certified DIPLE speaker, you may attend academic courses where Portuguese is the language of teaching.

B1

DEPLE - Diploma elementar de português língua estrangeira

This level certifies that the user of the Portuguese language can use the language for interacting in a limited range of predictable everyday communicative situations in private, professional, and educational contexts.

A2

CIPLE - Certificado inicial de português língua estrangeira

This level certifies that the user can use the Portuguese language in a limited way in everyday communication. Also, the user can use the language in a way that indicates limited proficiency of the Portuguese language in a professional and academic environment. 

A1

ACESSO - Certificado acesso ao português

This level certifies that the speaker has basic and limited knowledge of the Portuguese language and is capable of communicating in a basic manner in private, public and professional domains.