THE ENEM WRITING TEST: PERSPECTIVES AND EXPECTATIONS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Maria Irenilce do Nascimento

ABSTRACT

The National Secondary Education Examination - ENEM, became one of the main forms of access to Higher Education in Brazil, becoming a highly important selection procedure that allows students to enroll in undergraduate courses offered by Universities. Text production is assessed in the Writing test, which functions as a (re)directing teaching portal, as teachers commonly review and intensify their pedagogical practices, in order to help their students to be successful in this type of assessment. In this way, the role played by this test, understood as necessary for a good performance in the ENEM, in the academic expectations of high school students, especially those in the 3rd grade, is highlighted. Based on this, this article aims to reflect the relationship between the ENEM Writing test and its influence on teaching work with text production, taking into account the perspectives and expectations of students, their difficulties, their concerns, the your look, your voice in the face of the evidence reported. It should be noted that, in addition to the theoretical survey of some authors, bases and studies in scientific articles listed on the topic, we sought to understand in theorizations, the teacher’s work with written production of argumentative genres in the classroom, and also understand why This way students prepare and use the pedagogical guidelines to support their productions required in the Enem Writing test.

Keywords: ENEM Writing. High school. Student perspectives and expectations.