Connecting Classrooms : proposta para o ensino de língua inglesa em ambiente digital na escola pública

Abstract

Considering the current context, the technology and the digital environment provide opportunities for interaction between distant pairs, and it allows greater construction of meaning through various modes of meaning, it is necessary to understand how these processes occur and what the consequences are for learning, combining a pedagogical practice which contributes to a relevant and meaningful learning in global contexts. This scenario led students and teachers to use this technology range to connect, so dealing with their cultural and linguistic differences. Based on this principle, this work discusses an experiment in the framework of high school with a group of students molded by students from countries such as Brazil, Sri Lanka and the United States, connected through the digital environment using the English language in these interactions. It aims to understand how the learning process happened within Connecting Classrooms Project context, in which videos, photos and written messages were used for communication. Through digital interactions, students from different nations were able to experience learning situations that fled from conventional teaching materials, such as lectures and textbooks. Theoretically, this study lines to the prospects of new literacies as mention by Rojo (2009), New London Group (1996), Tavares and Brydon (2013), Lankshear and Knobel(2006). The theoretical-methodological approach used was the interpretativism , based on King & Horrocks (2010) and Flick (2009) . In which, through interviews and thematic analysis, I could analyze the data generated. The results suggest evidence of collaboration among students and teachers, opportunities to practice from the perspective of multiliteracies and processes of autonomy, agency and critical perception.