Digital resources and English as an additional language in higher education: possibilities for internationalization

Felipe Furtado Guimarães; Carlos Alberto  Hildeblando Júnior

doi:10.5007/2175-8026.2021.e80233

Autores

Felipe Furtado Guimarães Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (Ufes) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6184-3691
Carlos Alberto Hildeblando Júnior UFES https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3378-8784

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2021.e80233

Palavras-chave:

Trabalho pedagógico, Profissão, Escola

Resumo

O objetivo deste estudo é discutir possibilidades de usar recursos digitais para ensinar/aprender inglês como segunda língua (L2) em contextos de ensino superior (em geral) e numa universidade pública no Brasil (em particular). Aspectos relevantes na revisão de literatura (que inclui abordagens como COIL, MOOCs e EMI) são comparados com o contexto e atividades de uma universidade no Sul Global, de maneira a discutir o uso de recursos digitais para o ensino/aprendizagem de inglês como L2. Os resultados sugerem que um uso crítico de tecnologias é necessário para promover um processo mais equilibrado e sustentável de ensino/aprendizagem de idiomas. O apoio institucional também é fundamental para professores e estudantes desenvolverem as habilidades necessárias para um mundo cada vez mais interconectado. A conclusão indica que uma combinação de práticas alternativas pode propiciar um processo eficaz de ensino/aprendizagem de idiomas em instituições de ensino superior, com o apoio de recursos digitais.

Biografia do Autor

Carlos Alberto Hildeblando Júnior, UFES

Doutorando em Educação (UFES/Brasil e CU/Inglaterra). Mestre em Educação pela UFES. Atualmente dedica-se à pesquisa em internacionalização, com foco em formação de professores, tecnologias, telecolaboração (COIL) e ThirdSpace.

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