O uso de tecnologias pelo professor de inglês durante a pandemia de COVID-19 em uma escola pública no município de Ingá/PB

Abstract

The use of technologies for teaching the English language was already present in education, but with the advent of the sanitary crisis affected by COVID-19, and consequently by the security measures with regard to social distancing, governments established measures through decrees of ordinances to curb the spread of the virus. In this context, schools in all states of the country began to change their way of teaching, from classroom to virtual, and thus, encouraged the use of technologies in the classroom in teaching the English language. As pedagogical tools, electronic devices and software became great allies in the development of pedagogical praxis. In this context, the present study focuses on the use of technologies for learning the English language and thus with the aim of analyzing which means and technological resources the teacher has been using to develop their remote work in times of pandemic. English language teaching in the current pandemic context, the relationship between education and technology and language teaching in the municipality of Ingá/PB, was presented, involving three elementary school teachers working in that municipality. As for the methodological procedures, it is an empirical research, supported by a survey in the database through a questionnaire elaborated in Google Forms, seeking to evidence the use of technologies in the classroom by the teacher. Data were presented in graphs, with simple statistical treatment. The results revealed that there are different technologies used in teaching the English language, notably mobile devices and their applications connected to the internet, such as google meet and WhatsApp. The research analyzed indicates that the effective use of new technologies improves students' English language learning skills and encourages greater interaction between them.