A Importância da tecnologia para as aulas de inglês na escola pública

Abstract

Given that we are experiencing an era of great technological breakthroughs, and it has become imperative to make them more present in teaching and learning activities, research is underway on the importance of technological resources in English language classes in public schools in order to present a reflection on the use of new tools in language teaching and learning. To this end, it is necessary to contextualize the English-speaking student in the globalized world, to understand how new information and communication technologies can assist in the process and to identify the benefits that these technologies can provide to the public school context. Then, a documental analysis and an exploratory study based on the current legislation and seminal works such as Almeida Filho (1993), Fettermann (2017), Gomes (2017), Brinton (2001), Larsen-Freeman (2003) and Sgorla & Lindino (2017), seeks to understand the role of technology in English classes and its connection with the Communicative Language Teaching / Learning (CLT / L) approach. Given this, it appears that both student and teacher have been attracted by new technologies in the process of teaching and learning a language by the ease with which they access authentic materials available in different interfaces. Therefore, this study proposes the use of technologies which are part of students' daily life in order to promote greater interest in learning English. It also proposes that the technological tools be used to support the teaching work with a view to more dynamic classes, enabling the teaching reflexive practice and favoring the students in search of the autonomy that technology can provide them with in the globalized world, in which they are inserted.