Washback and multimodality in the brazilian national exam of upper secondary education (ENEM): analyses of items in English and Spanish

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/2237-4876.2017v20n1p136

Keywords:

Efeito Retroativo, ENEM, Multimodalidade.

Abstract

This study aims at discussing the potential washback of the Brazilian National Exam of Upper Secondary Education (ENEM) by analyzing some of the items in English and Spanish used in the 2013, 2014 and 2015 exam editions. This discussion is based on the studies by Alderson & Wall (1993), Bachman & Palmer (1996), Scaramucci (2004) and Quevedo-Camargo (2014) as well as on the Multimodality Theory by Kress & Van Leuween (1996) and Baldry & Thibault (2006), who define a multimodal text as the one whose meanings are realized by several types of semiosis such as language, gesture, movement, image, letter, colours, among others. This is a qualitative study which favours interpretation and reinterpretation of data. The analyses of the items in English and Spanish lead us to reflect upon the elements that constitute the teaching of reading of both verbal and non-verbal texts, and upon the importance of developing multiliteracies at school.

Author Biographies

Larisse Lázaro Santos Pinheiro, Universidade de Brasília

Mestre em Linguística Aplicada  pela  Universidade de Brasília (UnB) e  doutoranda em Linguística pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Linguística da UnB. Engajada com as novas tendências de ensino. É pesquisadora da área de Multimodalidade e Ensino de Língua Estrangeira.

Gladys Quevedo-Camargo, Universidade de Brasília

Mestrado em Estudos da Linguagem - UEL - 2007; Doutorado em Estudos da Linguagem - UEL - 2011; Pós-doutorado com pesquisa na área de avaliação - UNICAMP - 2013.

Published

2017-05-06

How to Cite

PINHEIRO, Larisse Lázaro Santos; QUEVEDO-CAMARGO, Gladys. Washback and multimodality in the brazilian national exam of upper secondary education (ENEM): analyses of items in English and Spanish. Signum: Estudos da Linguagem, [S. l.], v. 20, n. 1, p. 136–166, 2017. DOI: 10.5433/2237-4876.2017v20n1p136. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/article/view/25503. Acesso em: 6 jul. 2024.