Open AccessO WhatsApp como ferramenta para a prática oral e escrita em língua inglesa
Author(s) -
Cíntia Pereira dos Santos,
Luciana Idalgo da Silva,
Alessandra Dutra
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
belt - brazilian english language teaching journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2178-3640
DOI - 10.15448/2178-3640.2018.2.31140
Subject(s) - orality , pronunciation , context (archaeology) , foreign language , psychology , pedagogy , mathematics education , sociology , linguistics , philosophy , literacy , geography , archaeology
The new technologies are applied in the education context through an amount of resources and interaction tools by students and teachers. In this way, this study aims at analyzing the oral and written production of students from a Simple Present activity in the WhatsApp; as well as, evaluating the pronunciation in English Language of these students. As methodological procedures, the study used bibliographical, field, experimental and analytical research, being developed with graduating members of an English Language course offered in a University in North of Parana. As results, it was observed that the activity was acquired by a large part of the students, proving that the use of technologies in the classroom contributes to students’ foreign language learning. Based on this research, it is expected to offer a contribution to the foreign language area, as a way to motivate teachers to carry out classroom activities in which students could practice their orality using the new technologies.