Digital technologies to learn and teach English in Brazil

Abstract

In a post-industrial society marked by the rise of information and communication technologies and networked architecture, investigations on the use of technological resources to teach and learn languages are becoming increasingly important to understand the state of diffusion of these innovations. This online survey aimed to investigate what digital tools are most used by English learners and teachers in Brazil. The investigation was carried out in 2018 and 2019, before the Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, and the participants were teachers and students from all regions of Brazil. The participants completed a questionnaire announced in social networks and scientific events in the area of Arts. They demonstrated to identify affordances of digital resources to learn and teach English.

Keywords:
Digital tools; English teaching; English learning