The Celpe-Bras exam is offered in Brazil and many other countries, such as the United States, Germany, Chile, Colombia and Japan, with the support of the Brazilian Ministry of International Relations.
The exam is taken by learners of Portuguese who wish to gauge their progress or who wish to provide proof of their level of proficiency, such as students planning to study at a higher-education institution in Brazil, and professionals who wish to have an academic certificate from their own country validated in Brazil or who need to register with professional bodies such as the Brazilian Federal Council of Medicine.
The exam's certificate is also one of the documents that immigrants may use to attest their Portuguese language ability when applying for naturalization in Brazil.
The different parts of the writing component take place consecutively in one sitting, with no breaks.
20 minutes The oral component takes the form of a face-to-face conversation with an examiner, which is audio recorded.
The examiner asks the candidate questions about a range of familiar topics – their home, family, work, studies, interests, etc.
Particular attention will be paid to their interactional competence, fluency, lexical and grammar adequacy and pronunciation.