AN ACTION RESEARCH IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR CHILDREN WITH USE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

• Main Authors: Maria Carolina Coelho Chimenti, Heloísa Andreia de Matos Lins
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2016-12-01
• Series: Texto Livre: Linguagem e Tecnologia
• Subjects: English language; technology in education; language teaching; childhood; learning
• Online Access: http://www.periodicos.letras.ufmg.br/index.php/textolivre/article/view/10909/9813

The present article is based on a field research that aimed to provide educational subsidies for the use of digital technologies in teaching and learning process of English language, in two classes of the fifth grade from the elementary school, at the public school located in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Based on the perspective of childhood pedagogy, which conceives the child as the protagonist and also (re)productive of knowledge, activities were carried with YouTube videos, online games, music, and many other learning objects. Likewise, observations, interviews and questionnaires were made with teachers and students involved in the research. Based on the action research, we analyzed aspects related to the contribution of some digital resources in teaching and learning of English at elementary school and we obtained many elements that allowed us to know the importance of learning a foreign language in the childhood nowadays, mainly English, and how new technologies can make learning more contextualized, meaningful, motivating children for language learning in a context in which they can be (cri)ative.