Mobile learning e o ensino de língua inglesa : uma análise dos aplicativos disponíveis no google play

Abstract

Considering the use more and more frequent of movable devices for students, the technology has become a tool of significant importance to assist in the teaching of the English language. The central purpose of this article was to identify the features of the top apps in the Google Play store that offer English language teaching, analyzing not only his/her interface, but presenting their probable potentials and capacity of being inserted in the school atmosphere, to aid teachers. For so much, a descriptive analysis was used to investigate those applications, comparing them then for only to present their means and their potentials uses in classroom. The results revealed that none of them has all the resources researched, however, yet most of them have functionalities compatible with teaching possibilities, such as reading, writing, audio, video and interaction among users, being able to complement the learning in the classroom.