As tecnologias digitais da informação e comunicação no ensino da língua inglesa

Abstract

The constant changes in society caused by the rapid growth of access to the use of technologies, has prompted the Brazilian public education to prepare the new generation of digital natives to be citizens capable of being inserted in today's global society guided by the knowledge revolution. The command of the English language is a key demand in that context and, increasingly, has been widely recognized as essential in the school curriculum of the era of information and communication. The method of traditional English teaching, which takes as its focus the instrumental method, by means of grammar and translation, still persists in most public schools in the country and has been very demotivating for students and hence ineffective in learning. Given these assumptions, it became relevant a profound change of pedagogical practice to a proposal, innovative and contextualized and communicative methodological through numerous digital resources for teaching English in the public school. The proper and intended use of Information and Communication Digital Technologies can offer many possibilities and innovations in all English language teaching methods in public schools. This research aims to show the importance of the use of digital information and communication technologies (TDIC) as a tool to support and contribute to the improvement of the quality of English language teaching for public school students in the Municipal School Elita Barbosa da Fonseca in Tangará / RN.