{"id":818,"date":"2022-12-23T12:45:19","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T12:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/portugal\/?page_id=818"},"modified":"2025-08-07T14:06:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:06:02","slug":"language-training","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/portugal\/where-to-seek-help\/language-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Language training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Free certified Portuguese language courses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can apply for a free, certified language training programme called<strong> <em>Portugu\u00eas L\u00edngua de Acolhimento <\/em>(PLA)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PLA courses are organized by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Public schools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iefp.pt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Employment and Vocational Training Centers (IEFP)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qualifica.gov.pt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Qualifica<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qualifica.gov.pt\/\"> Centers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you wish to obtain more information on how to access PLA in your area, or if you encounter issues with enrolling in a course, you can contact the <strong>Language Learning Promotion Office (Dire\u00e7\u00e3o de Servi\u00e7os de Promo\u00e7\u00e3o da L\u00edngua Portuguesa-SPLPt) of the Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>E-mail<strong>?<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:glpt@acm.gov.pt\"><a href=\"mailto:lingua.portuguesa@aima.gov.pt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lingua.portuguesa@aima.gov.pt<\/a><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aima.gov.pt\/pt\/a-aima\/perguntas-frequentes-faqs\/aprendizagem-de-portugues-como-lingua-nao-materna\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/aima.gov.pt\/pt\/a-aima\/perguntas-frequentes-faqs\/aprendizagem-de-portugues-como-lingua-nao-materna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find more information on AIMA\u2019s website dedicated to PLA<\/a> language training<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free certified Portuguese language courses You can apply for a free, certified language training programme called Portugu\u00eas L\u00edngua de Acolhimento (PLA). PLA courses are organized by: If you wish to obtain more information on how to access PLA in your area, or if you encounter issues with enrolling in a course, you can contact the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":0,"parent":811,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-818","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1173,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/818\/revisions\/1173"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}