Passing this exam awards the candidate with the B1 Portuguese according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Portuguese, especially Brazilian Portuguese, is a very useful language in today's world and TECH offers the opportunity to become accredited in it, so that those who pass the test can obtain certification quickly and easily, opening the doors to numerous professional options.

This exam grants to those who pass it a certificate of the only valid and worldwide recognized reference: the CEFR"

Level accreditations are essential nowadays: they allow access to jobs, scholarships and positions in different institutions. In addition, Brazilian Portuguese is highly valued, so having a B1 certificate is of great value.

TECH carries out the B1 Portuguese exam with all the guarantees, according to the CEFR guidelines and on an individualized basis.

It is proven that learning languages increases your Intelligence. Learning a foreign language strengthens the brain's neural networks”

José Antonio Marina.
Philosopher, writer, and teacher.

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Listening comprehension objectives

The candidate is able to:

• Understand concrete, everyday or work-related information and identify both the general message and specific details as long as the speech is clearly articulated and with a normal accent
• Understand the main ideas of clear, standard speech on everyday topics related to work, school or leisure time, including short narratives
• Generally follow the main ideas of a long discussion going on around them, provided that the discourse is clearly articulated at a standard language level
• Understand, in general terms, simple and short speeches on everyday topics provided they are delivered with standard and clear pronunciation
• Understand a lecture or talk that deals with their area of expertise, provided that the subject matter is familiar and the presentation is simple and clearly structured
• Understand simple technical information, such as operating instructions for frequently used appliances, as well as follow detailed instructions
• Understand the main ideas of radio news and other simpler recorded material dealing with everyday topics delivered relatively slowly and clearly
• Understand the information content of most recorded or broadcast material related to topics of personal interest with clear, standard pronunciation

Reading comprehension objectives

The candidate is able to:

• Read simple factual texts on topics related to their area of expertise with a satisfactory level of comprehension
• Understand the description of facts, feelings and wishes in personal letters well enough to correspond regularly with a foreign friend
• Find and understand relevant information in everyday written material, such as letters, catalogs, and short official documents
• Consult long texts in order to find the desired information, and to know how to gather information from different parts of a text or from different texts in order to perform a specific task
• Recognize significant ideas from simple newspaper articles that deal with everyday issues
• Identify the main conclusions in clearly argumentative texts. Recognize the line of argument in the treatment of the issue presented, though not necessarily in full detail
• Understand simple, clearly written instructions related to an appliance
• Understand many films where visuals and action drive much of the storyline and are articulated clearly and with a simple level of language
• Capture the main ideas of television programs dealing with everyday topics when they are articulated relatively slowly and clearly

Speaking objectives

The candidate is able to:

• Carry out, with a reasonable degree of fluency, a simple description of a variety of topics that are of interest to them, presenting them as a linear sequence of elements
• Give simple descriptions on a variety of common topics within your specialty
• Give simple narratives or descriptions with a reasonable degree of fluency, following a linear sequence of elements
• Make detailed accounts of experiences describing feelings and reactions
• Report the details of unpredictable events, such as, for example, an accident
• Relate book or movie plots and describe your reactions to them
• Describe dreams, hopes and ambitions
• Describe real or imagined events and tell stories
• Provide brief rationales and explanations for opinions, plans and actions
• Develop arguments well enough so that they can be understood without difficulty most of the time.
• Make short rehearsed statements on a relevant topic within their specialty, which are clearly intelligible, despite being accompanied by an unmistakably foreign accent and intonation.
• Deliver a brief, prepared presentation on a topic within their specialty, with sufficient clarity to be followed without difficulty most of the time and whose main ideas are explained with reasonable accuracy. Can also answer supplemental questions, but may have to ask for repetition if spoken quickly

Writing objectives

The candidate is able to:

• Write simple, cohesive texts on a range of everyday topics within their field of interest, linking a series of different short items in a linear sequence
• Write simple and detailed descriptions of a range of everyday topics within their specialty
• Write accounts of experiences describing feelings and reactions in simple, structured texts
• Write a description of a specific event, a recent trip, real or imagined, and narrate a story
• Write very brief reports in conventional format with information about common events and the reasons for certain actions
• Write short and simple essays on topics of interest. Can summarize, communicate and offer their opinion with a certain degree of confidence on concrete facts related to everyday matters, whether usual or not, in their field of expertise