CELPE-Bras is the only certificate of proficiency in Brazilian Portuguese

Brazilian Portuguese

Brazilian Portuguese is a group of Portuguese dialects written and spoken by most of the 190 million inhabitants of Brazil and by a few million Brazilian emigrants, mainly in the United States, United Kingdom, Portugal, Canada, Japan and Paraguay....

 as a Second language

Second language

A second language or L2 is any language learned after the first language or mother tongue. Some languages, often called auxiliary languages, are used primarily as second languages or lingua francas ....

 officially recognized and developed by the Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC). The Celpe-Bras exam is offered in Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

and many other countries, such as the United States, Germany, Chile and Japan, with the support of the Brazilian Ministry of International Relations (MRE). Celpe-Bras takes place twice per year in April and October. Registration may be done over the internet during the months of February, March, August, and September.

Brazil's Ministry of Education has prepared a Candidate's Manual in PDF format for download from the Ministry website. It is titled manualdocandidato2006.pdf

External links

• Celpe-Bras