Washback effect of an application of a proficiency examination for teachers

Authors

  • Rodrigo Nascimento de Queiroz Universidade Federal do Acre (Ufac), campus Floresta – Cruzeiro do Sul-AC, Brasil; Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (Unesp), São José do Rio Preto-SP, Brasil
  • Douglas Altamiro Consolo Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (Unesp), São José do Rio Preto-SP, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18222/eae.v29i72.4547

Keywords:

Teacher Training, English Language, Linguistic, Communicative and Pedagogical Proficiency, Proficiency Exam.

Abstract

This paper deals with some issues related to the analysis of two narratives written by in-service and pre-service English language teachers, following an application of a Proficiency Examination for Foreign Language Teachers [Exame de Proficiência para Professores de Língua Estrangeira – EPPLE] in a public university located in the western Amazon. The discussion is based on the following principles: (i) the implications for assessment in the teaching and learning of foreign languages related to the reconstruction and promotion of socialized practices; (ii) the quality of a linguistic, communicative and pedagogical proficiency of foreign language teachers underlying the elements of validity and reliability of EPPLE; and (iii) the intersection of experiences materialized as washback effects from a process of assessment practices. The analysis of the teachers’ discourses indicates an intersection between teachers’ memories and professional experiences.

 

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Author Biographies

Rodrigo Nascimento de Queiroz, Universidade Federal do Acre (Ufac), campus Floresta – Cruzeiro do Sul-AC, Brasil; Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (Unesp), São José do Rio Preto-SP, Brasil

Área: Língua Inglesa

Douglas Altamiro Consolo, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (Unesp), São José do Rio Preto-SP, Brasil

Departamento de Letras Modernas

Área: Linguística Aplicada

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Published

2021-05-21

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Queiroz, R. N. de, & Consolo, D. A. (2021). Washback effect of an application of a proficiency examination for teachers. Estudos Em Avaliação Educacional, 29(72), 832–857. https://doi.org/10.18222/eae.v29i72.4547

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Vol. 29 No. 72 (2018): set./dez. 2018

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