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CAPLE - Certification of Portuguese as a Foreign Language
Centro de Lingua Portuguesa-Instituto Camões, Goa, anounces the examinations
of International Certification of Portuguese as a Foreign Language.
Registration is opened during the month of October at its premises in
Panaji., where exams of CAPLE (Centro de Avaliação de Português Língua
Estrangeira) will take place at the end of November.
The Instituto Camões is responsible, under the tutelage of the Foreign
Office, for the orientation, coordination and implementation of Portuguese
external cultural policy, namely, the dissemination of Portuguese language
and culture.
The system of assessment and certification of Portuguese as a Foreign
Language (PLE) was established in March 1999 by agreement signed by the
Foreign Office (represented by Instituto Camões), the Ministry of Education
and the University of Lisbon. This system is responsible for the development
and administration of examinations and the recognition of five levels of
competence in Portuguese as a Foreign Language (PLE). Each of them is
recognized by a certificate/diploma to be issued by the University of
Lisbon, currently through the Department of Portuguese Language and Culture
(DLCP) of the Faculty of the Arts, a member of ALTE - the Association of
Language Testers in Europe. 28 European institutions, representing 23
European languages, are currently members of ALTE.
For further information, please contact CLP/ IC-Goa, AGVA HOUSE, 9/32 Dr.
Dada Vaidya Road, Panaji-403001GOA (Tel: 6647737) or access the following
website: http://www.fl.ul.pt/unidades/centros/caple/principal.htm
