Critical Literacy in ELT Classroom Testing

Critical Literacy (CL) has lately influenced English Language Teaching (ELT) in Brazil, mainly after the publication of National Guidelines for High School Teaching, and several practitioners have started to use CL perspectives their ELT contexts. Besides, Education been focus much research Brazil. Nonetheless, these alternative approaches not yet made way into testing assessment. This paper focuses on relationship testing. First, we present an overview important concepts area assessment ELT. We also discuss other critical Then, briefly possibility using together with CA teaching. To illustrate, summarize a course ELT, which used at university level. Finally, considering tests as part social practices educational contexts, demonstrate that, just may be Citizenship Social Justice classes, same approach should when testing, particularly due language tool reconstruction critique exposure inequalities. Principles developing are discussed along paper.