Abstract

FREIRE, Carla Moreira de Sousa  and  GUISEN, María Andrea. Practices mediated by WhatsApp for approaching literary texts: A didactic strategy for teaching English in Brazil . Rev. iberoam. tecnol. educ. educ. tecnol. [online]. 2022, n.31, pp.146-159. ISSN 1851-0086.

The practices mediated by WhatsApp for the approach of literary texts are conceived as a didactic strategy for the teaching of English in Brazil, and it is postulated as the object of analysis of the research described in this article. The object is constructed throughout a case study of a public high school located in Brasilia, using a qualitative methodology and ethnographic techniques for data collection and analysis. The results evidence that the availability of students have of cell phones and the easy access to the web that the device allows students to perform several online tasks simultaneously, improves the benefits of literary texts for learning English. The didactic strategy enables creative, heterogeneous and diversified uses of WhatsApp and literary texts when combined. However, the use of WhatsApp evidences certain obstacles that make the educational process more complex. These are interpreted as challenges by the participants, who solve the activities through which the didactic strategy is put into practice. In the conclusions, reflective and propositional, it is stated that the didactic strategy is compatible with the Communicative Method of teaching, highlights the flexible, playful and participatory nature of the learning process and its potential for the development of communication skills. Finally, 10 guidelines are formulated for the realization of good practices mediated by WhatsApp for the approach of literary texts in the teaching of English in Brazil.

Keywords : English; Foreign language; Didactics; Mobile learning; WhatsApp; Literary texts; Communicative Language Teaching; Brazil.

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