O ensino de língua inglesa nas escolas públicas do município de Rio das Antas com o uso das TICs: importância e efetividade dos recursos

Abstract

The research discusses the contributions of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in English language teaching in Brazilian public schools, with focus on schools of the municipality where the data collection was made. Since the English language knowledge assists in expanding the possibilities of communication and insertion of the young in the globalized world, nowadays schools face the challenge of deploying these resources to transform their methodologies in order to stimulate questioning, analysis and research, encouraging the student to participate actively in the process of teaching and learning. The research guiding question enquires about how the technologies in English language teaching can contribute to stimulate motivation and transform the student in the protagonist of his own knowledge. The answer to this question points to the real possibility of insertion of technological resources in the classroom, making teaching more motivating, enjoyable and meaningful to the student. Exploratory research was developed and data was collected by means of a questionnaire with open and closed questions applied to middle and high school teachers seeking information about the equipment, conditions of use, opinions, interests and burdens in relation to the use of ICTs in the school environment. The results show the need for training and constant updates so that the teacher can perform a good job in the classroom. Based on the data collected and the discussion of the results a few suggestions for the language teacher are offered with ideas on how to implement ICT in his (her) day to day.