ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING USING ZOOM: A REPORT OF EXPERIENCES

Autores/as

Palabras clave:

Report of Experience, Zoom Videoconference, EFL.

Resumen

The social distancing restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 have confirmed the demand for alternatives to teaching English classes. An already growing field of research in technologies applied to education was boosted by the urgent need to emulate a synchronic classroom environment. Several video conferencing software such as Zoom has become a reliable alternative tested in educational institutions. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to report the experience of using the Zoom videoconference tool and other digital tools for mediating the teaching of English as an additional language within the context of English teaching for individual and group classes to attend the demand of private schools in Brazil. To do that, two different teaching contexts were described as well as the uses of Zoom platform as its main teaching resource throughout the year were presented. In addition, the teachers evaluate the conference software based on educational framework studies focusing on linguistic, pedagogical, user experience, and technological criteria to compare their strengths and weaknesses. The results of these experiences indicate that Zoom has contributed in a positive way to mediate and enhance the teaching and learning of English for both teachers and students regarding their experience with the remote learning context.

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Biografía del autor/a

Susana Cristina dos Reis, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS.

Professora associada no Curso de Letras-Inglês, pesquisadora e docente no Programa de Pós-Graduação Mestrado Profissional de Tecnologias em Rede, na UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.

Ricardo Rudolfo Bock, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS.

Professor de Inglês, Mestrando no Programa de Pós-Graduação Mestrado Profissional de Tecnologias em Rede, na UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.

Anderson Jose Machado Linck, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS.

Professor de Inglês, Mestre em Tecnologias Educacionais em Rede, pela UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.

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Publicado

2021-08-30

Cómo citar

Reis, S. C. dos, Bock, R. R., & Linck, A. J. M. (2021). ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING USING ZOOM: A REPORT OF EXPERIENCES. ReTER, 2(2), e18/01–14. Recuperado a partir de https://periodicos.ufsm.br/reter/article/view/65509