Writing in the ENEM exam and writing at the third grade of high school: washback on teaching practices

• Grant number: 14/00105-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: May 01, 2014
• End date: May 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Linguistics - Applied Linguistics
• Principal Investigator: Matilde Virginia Ricardi Scaramucci
• Grantee: Monica Panigassi Vicentini
• Host Institution: Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem (IEL). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The present research project aims to investigate the washback phenomenon - the influence or impact that exams may cause on teachers' and students' practices and attitudes, on textbooks, etc - on a Brazilian-high-school exam context (ENEM), examination which is also used for entering in Brazilian public universities. More specifically, the research aims to understand whether ENEM's writing-ability test has a potential washback on writing-studies courses of two different third-year classes of Brazilian high-schools in Campinas, a big city in the State of São Paulo. The project aims to make a qualitative analysis which will triangulate the data from interviews and questionnaires as well as annotations and audio recordings from the observations in class. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

VICENTINI, Monica Panigassi. Writing in the ENEM exam and writing at the third grade of high school: washback on teaching practices. 2015. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem Campinas, SP.