A pandemia da COVID 19 e a Educação: Impactos do trabalho remoto no ensino de língua inglesa em escolas públicas

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to verify the perception of English language teachers about the implementation of remote teaching in public schools. In an atypical moment experienced worldwide from March 2020 on, and with the necessity of establishing social distance as a way to combat the pandemic of COVID 19, it was necessary implementing the remote education in Brazil, instituted through ordinances and decrees and it was possible only with the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) helping. Therefore, in order to verify the impacts caused by remote education in the school community, this work presents a field survey, through the application of a semi-structured questionnaire, applied to five English teachers from four state public schools in the city of Areia-PB. The results point to the need for a reassessment of the entire process, as the current lack of technological resources and Internet access in public schools tends to make remote teaching ineffective. In addition, professional training and the creation of public policies that value both the teacher and the importance of English language teaching are fundamental to be reviewed in order to improve the teaching quality.