Dear Sir,
I would be obliged if you would kindly publish the following press note in your
esteemed newspaper as a news item:
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 till 16th 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
Yours Faithfully,
Delfim Correia da Silva
Delfim Correia da Silva
Centro de Língua Portuguesa/Instituto Camões
Agva House, 9/32 Dr.Dada Vaidya Road
832 664 7737 / 832 242 2237
Panaji 403001, GOA - INDIA
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