DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING: THE KAHOOT! AS FORMATIVE EVALUATION

Abstract

The present work is the result of a research cut resulting from a master's dissertation, whose research was carried out in a fourth year class of High School, from the Informatic course in the Integrated Modality (professional degree with High School) at the Federal Institute of Bahia, campus Vitória da Conquista. The general objective of this article was to investigate how Formative Assessment, mediated by Digital Technologies, can enhance the teaching-learning process of English. Although several aspects have been addressed in this dissertation, we focus on digital technology and its potential as an important tool for conducting teaching and learning the English language in a playful and efficient way. Based on authors such as Lucena (2004), Brun (2003) and Levy (1999), we carried out a qualitative research of an exploratory nature, whose data collection focused on the collection of results through the application of the digital game Kahoot! (final production of a didactic sequence). We realize that digital technology has the ability to contribute to teaching English in a dynamic way, in addition to promoting a playful environment in the classroom, which arouses students' interest in such activities, since society is constantly evolving in increasingly digital world.