Websites educacionais: uma possibilidade para o ensino-aprendizagem de língua inglesa

Abstract

This work proposes a way to potentiate English Language teaching and learning, through interactive exercises and educational games available on websites. Firstly, it was done a theoretical study about the use of Technologies applied to Education, mainly, related to the use of computers. After that, it was created the website Links for Teens, an environment destinated to students of the fifth year of elementary school containing instructions about the classes in the Computing classroom. Also, interactive exercises were elaborated, using the software Hot Potatoes, and educative games were selected in various sites, which can be accessed clicking on the electronic addresses from the created page. These scholar activities mediated by computer were applied to the class 53 at Paulo Lauda School, situated in the town of Santa Maria- RS. Doing these tasks, the students not only reviewed the contents studied in the target subject, but also evaluated the activities proposed through messages sent by e-mail. Analyzing the students‟ behavior and their oral and written comments, it was possible to perceive that the use of materials available on the internet contributes significantly to the English learning and gives more sense to the school activities.