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Portuguese Proficiency Test for Master's Degrees in Teaching

The assessment of the applications to these Master’s Degrees comprises a Portuguese Proficiency Test and an Interview besides the Analysis of the Applicants' Curricula, in accordance with what is provided for in Decree Law no. 79/2014 of 14th May which approves the legal framework for teaching qualifications in pre-school, basic and secondary education (check the subsequent amendments).
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DATAS DAS PROVAS
DATES OF THE TESTS

2nd PHASE OF APPLICATIONS

  • Written test - 15th July, at 10:00 a.m. (Lisbon, Portugal Time)

  • Location/Room - Faculty of Arts and Humanities (rooms to be indicated)

  • Speaking test/interview - to be scheduled by the coordination of the course

  • Location/Room - to be indicated

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DATAS DAS PROVAS
DATES OF THE TESTS

3rd PHASE OF APPLICATIONS

  • Written test - 17th September, at 10:00 a.m. (Lisbon, Portugal Time)

  • Location/Room - Faculty of Arts and Humanities (rooms to be indicated)

  • Speaking test/interview - to be scheduled by the coordination of the course

  • Location/Room - to be indicated

The proficiency test is mandatory for ALL applicants:

It is not necessary to register in order to sit the Test. Applicants must present themselves to sit the test if their application to one of the Master’s Degree Courses in Teaching offered by the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra has not been invalidated by the end of the day preceding the scheduled date.

Not attending the Test is reason for exclusion.
The written test is eliminatory, that is, only the applicants who successfully accomplish the written part of the test (a grade of 10 out of 20) will attend the speaking test.
The applicants who have taken this test in the last year at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra are exempt from repeating it.
Content of the written and speaking tests:
Universal themes concerning (national and/or international) current topics or themes that are relevant in an academic context.
Different text genres (argumentative, expository text).
Assessment items of the written and speaking tests:
Textual cohesion and coherence
Pragmatic competence
Grammatical correctness
Lexical accuracy

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