Proficiência em leitura em língua estrangeira como requisito da Pós-Graduação Stricto-Sensu

Abstract

Postgraduate candidates and students are somehow aware of the necessity of proving proficiency in foreign languages (FL) during the entrance process or during the academic course. This gives the proficiency test a protagonist status in the master and doctorate courses. Considering this scenario, the aim of this research is to investigate the aspects related to a foreign language proficiency test, concerning the prospects and demands of the postgraduate studies, aiming to explore the degree of compatibility of this test with the reading in FL requirements in the postgraduate level. The results indicate that the test does not reach the reading level in FL required in the postgraduate education, suggesting that the approval in that test can satisfy a bureaucratic demand, but it cannot be considered evidence of enough aptitude in foreign language reading of the post-graduation student.