Informática Aplicada ao Ensino de Língua Inglesa: a procura por autonomia e colaboração.

Computers have revolucionized the teaching of English and others subjects in many schools and course thoroughout the world. As for the English learning, it makes some activities a lot easier, since you can use computers to play songs, show images and flash cards, power point activities, games and other stuff that makes the visual learners have a better acquisition of the language. As it is becoming so popular in Brazil, several English courses are acquiring computers and E-boards (interactive white boards connect to a projector, making the screen a lot bigger) to make English classes more attractive and fun, increase the interaction among students and make the class more independent on teachers. Some resources like Youtube, Orkut, Podcasts and several other websites can contribute a lot for a fun and modern class. Students are acquiring their own laptops, because they are becoming a lot cheaper. Nowadays, you can get a new laptop for less than R$800. Who knows if one day, teachers will not be needed to English Class, and will be replaced by computers. We hope not, because they will never be able to transfer to the students the passion we have and the passion they need to learn English as we did.