TEXTUAL GENRES IN ENADE TESTS FOR LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE AND IN CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS FOR THE SELECTION OF TEACHERS

ABSTRACT:

The purpose of this study is to review the testing instruments taken by students graduated in Language & Literature Courses: two ENADE (National Student Performance Examination) and four civil service examinations created to select Portuguese Language teachers, being two editions of examinations for the state of Minas Gerais and two for the state of Rio de Janeiro. During the review, special attention was given to the textual genres (BRONCKART, 2006; 2010) contained in the questions, the speech domain (MARCUSCHI, 2008) to which they belong, and the language skills (DOLZ, 2015, CRISTOVÃO and LENHARO, in press) worked in the questions. The results show that textual diversity is imperative in the evaluations, especially in ENADE’s tests and in civil service examinations for the state of Minas Gerais, as well as the speech domains to which these texts belong and the required language skills. Based on this, we highlight the need for educational courses aimed at teaching Portuguese Language to establish a dialogue with the curricular guidelines for the teaching of this subject and with the professional demands of the course graduates, considering the configuration of the testing instruments investigated in this study.

Keywords:
Textual genres; Testing; Teacher education.