MULTIMODALITY IN CELPE-BRAS

Abstract

This is an initial study of a research presented at the II Symposium on Teaching Portuguese as an Additional Language. This research aims to analyze the multimodal prompts used in the interactions of the tasks in the Certificate of Proficiency in Portuguese for Foreigners (Celpe-Bras) (2014 and 2017 editions) and how they are related to the communicative construct of the Exam. Authors such as Brown (2007), Weir (2005), Scaramucci (2000; 2001; 2003), Ebel e Frisbie (1991), Kress e van Leeuwen (2006), Bakhtin (1997), Fairclough (1992; 2001; 2003; 2006) and Thompson (1995) constitute the theoretical basis of this study. This is a qualitative research and a case study carried out by means of document analysis. This analysis allows us to reflect on the communicative nature of the Exam as well as on its communicative tasks and the cultural basis, three of the foundations of Celpe-Bras, regarding the text genres of the prompts and their different types of semiosis.