Experiences taking the A2 exam
If CAPLE’s booking system is anything to go by, everybody wants to take the A2 exam, and when I was prepping for the B1 exam one of the resources I found most helpful/reassuring that I was on the right track was people talking about their exam experience. Where people talk about this is a bit all over the internet, so I thought I’d pool together all the resources/links I found of people discussing their experience taking the A2 exam:
Reddit threads
Firstly, probably the most obvious one, Reddit. Every now and then there will be a post (usually on r/portuguese) where everyone comes together to talk about how their exam went:
My experience passing CIPLE (A2)
reddit.com/r/Portuguese
Failed my first CIPLE exam
reddit.com/r/Portuguese
BOM in A2 CAPLE in under 2 months
reddit.com/r/Portuguese
Anyone who’s taken both the CIPLE and the DIPLE?
reddit.com/r/Portuguese
Passed the A2 CIPLE
reddit.com/r/Portuguese
Practice Portuguese forum threads
There are also some quite lengthy Practice Portuguese discussion threads around exam experiences:
Video: exam-day experience
Deep-dive: step-by-step guide
Finally, an additional one I found which is very thorough and tells and shows you all the specifics you’d need to know on the day (and for getting your results afterwards):