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Internationalization and Language Assessment in Brazil: Exploring the Interface between Language Proficiency and Rankings at UFES

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: The study is based on the assumption that knowledge of English is an important factor in the internationalization of higher education and that the English without Borders program has positively affected the overall level of proficiency in English as well as internationalization levels in Brazil. So as to verify this hypothesis, the study analyzed the interface between English proficiency levels measured with the TOEFL ITP test and internationalization scores measured in terms of rankings in a federal university in Brazil. Results of the study suggest that during the period analyzed these two variables remained stable, thus confirming the hypothesis raised.

Source: Studies in English Language Teaching

DOI: 10.22158/selt.v6n2p139

Authors: Kyria Rebeca Finardi, Gabriel Brito Amorim, Cláudia J. Kawachi-Furlan

Institution: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Language: English

Topic: Higher Education Governance and Development

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2805014516

FWCI: 1.951

Cites: 17

Cited by: 7

Related to: 10