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Original data analysis

What 24 recent CELPE-BRAS tasks reveal

We analyzed the 24 written tasks in our curated practice corpus, covering both editions from 2023, 2024, and 2025. Every record links back to the official UFRGS archive so readers can reproduce the counts.

Which trigger types and genres appear most often?

In this curated sample of 24 CELPE-BRAS written tasks from six 2023–2025 editions, written-text triggers account for 12 tasks (50%), while audio and video account for six tasks each (25% each). The most frequent required genre is texto de divulgação, with seven tasks (29.2%). Letters and emails each appear six times (25% each), articles appear three times (12.5%), and carta aberta and crônica appear once each (4.2% each). These counts describe the recent tasks indexed by CELPE-BRAS Practice, not the exam’s complete historical archive and not a prediction of future exams. Candidates should therefore use the pattern to diversify practice rather than guess the next prompt. The underlying record-level dataset, counting method, archive links, and review date are published below so the result can be checked and updated. Official materials remain authoritative; this independent analysis is designed only to make the selected corpus easier to inspect.

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Trigger-type distribution

Half of the selected tasks begin with written material; audio and video together make up the other half.

text50%
video25%
audio25%
Half of the selected tasks begin with written material; audio and video together make up the other half.
TypeTasksShare
text1250%
video625%
audio625%

Required writing genres

Genre labels follow the normalized labels used in this platform's task catalog.

texto divulgacao29.2%
email25%
carta25%
artigo12.5%
cronica4.2%
carta aberta4.2%
Genre labels follow the normalized labels used in this platform's task catalog.
TypeTasksShare
texto divulgacao729.2%
email625%
carta625%
artigo312.5%
cronica14.2%
carta aberta14.2%

Methodology and limitations

The unit of analysis is one written task. We counted the year, edition, task number, trigger type, and normalized target genre stored in the platform catalog. The sample contains four tasks from each of six editions. It excludes oral-interaction prompts and all editions outside 2023–2025. Labels were reviewed on 21 August 2026 against the linked archive pages. Because the corpus is intentionally bounded, the findings must not be generalized to the full exam history.

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Published and last reviewed: 21 August 2026