O desenvolvimento e a implementação de uma webquest interativa e adaptativa destinado ao ensino de línguas

Abstract

This doctoral dissertation presents a qualitative investigation, the purpose of which is to propose a new type of Webquest, that will be related to language teaching, through an interactive authoring system ELO Cloud tool. The research proposes the development of an Interactive and Adaptive Webquest focused on the practice of english teaching and its implementation in a class with students from the sixth semester of a Language Course, for evaluation, both held under the perspective of the Activity Theory, Distributed Cognition and Task Based Teaching. Created in 1995 by a professor at San Diego State University, Bernie Dodge, the methodology Webquest is gaining its place in the educational field because its potential concerning to the use of information from the Web which makes the learning more significant and effective. The data were collected through interviews, observation, photography, documental analysis and questionnaire. The initial discussion of the data on the development of an Interactive and Adaptive Webquest indicated that the pre-task moment and the extension of the Webquest via modules can come to enhance language learning since these elements seem to expand the possibility of exposure to and use of the target language. Besides, the data showed that the Interactive and Adaptive Webquest raised the level of satisfaction of the students in performing the activity, providing more favorable conditions for learning from interactive activities. Furthermore, the results point to the expansion of a learning cycle during implementation in which students build knowledge through interactions with human and non-human resources