Learning English with Tablets

A Study with Special Educational Needs Students

Authors

  • Sílvia Roda Couvaneiro UIDEF, Instituto de Educação da Universidade de Lisboa
  • Neuza Pedro UIDEF, Instituto de Educação da Universidade de Lisboa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25749/sis.15859

Keywords:

technology-enhanced learning (TEL), mobile assisted language learning (MALL), teaching english as a foreign language (TEFL), special educational needs, tablets

Abstract

The favourable impact of integrating mobile technologies into the learning processes in the classroom is currently a complex subject where research has not yet found consensus. However, the benefits of mobile technology for students with special educational needs tend to be recurrently evidenced in the literature. The results of a study developed with tablets in the 3rd cycle of basic education in a school in the Lisbon area, specifically in English language learning, are hereby presented. The implementation of a tablet integration program over the course of a school year allowed the collection of quantitative and qualitative data to explore the affinities between mobile learning and foreign language learning. The study focuses on the following variables: motivation for English language learning, communicative competence (specifically, oral production in English) and digital competence, comparing students with and without special educational needs.

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Author Biographies

Sílvia Roda Couvaneiro, UIDEF, Instituto de Educação da Universidade de Lisboa

Doutoranda no Instituto de Educação da Universidade de Lisboa em Educação na especialidade TIC na Educação, na área da aprendizagem móvel, com bolsa no programa doutoral “Technology Enhanced Learning and Societal Challenges”. Realizou mestrado na mesma área na mesma instituição. Licenciatura em Línguas e Literaturas Modernas na variante de Estudos Ingleses e Alemães, também na vertente do Ramo Educacional. Leccionou Inglês e Alemão do 2º ciclo ao secundário, bem como Inglês para fins específicos a adultos. Coordenou as duas edições do curso de “Ensino de Inglês no 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico” na Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Piaget de Almada. Participou como assistente de investigação do estudo TEA (Tablets no Ensino e na Aprendizagem) da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Tem dado formação a professores como "Apple Professional Learning Specialist” na utilização de tablets em contexto educativo.

Neuza Pedro, UIDEF, Instituto de Educação da Universidade de Lisboa

Professora do Instituto de Educação da Universidade de Lisboa (IEUL). Doutorada em Educação na especialidade TIC na Educação com Mestrado e Licenciatura em Psicologia da Educação e Licenciatura em Psicologia. Coordenadora do Mestrado em Educação e Tecnologias digitais (regime a distância) do IE-ULisboa. Coordenadora do Laboratório de e-Learning da Universidade de Lisboa. Membro do Conselho Cientifico Pedagógico de Formação Continua. Participou em vários estudos e projetos, tanto nacionais como internacionais, ligados à integração educativa das tecnologias de entre os quais se destaca: o Project teL@FTE-Lab, o Projeto ITEC, o Programa INTEL- Teach Advanced Online, bem como os estudos nacional ‘Comunidades Educativas em Rede’ e ‘Utilização de Plataformas de Gestão de Aprendizagem em Contexto Escolar’.

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Published

2019-02-28

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2019): Technology Enhanced Learning

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