DIGITAL LITERACIES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION

Abstract

This paper aims at presenting and discussing data from research done through an experience in two campuses of a Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology in Northeast, Brazil, based on theories concerning digital literacies, education, and technology. As to this paper, digital literacies are understood as social practices regarding the use of digital devices as well as the hybrid performances with technologies of varied supports, such as analog and electronic devices that have been emerging since the last century. Structured observations and narrative interviews were the instruments adopted for data collection, and the analytical method was based on Freeman (1998) along with Auerbach and Silverstein's (2003) coding mechanisms. As a result, the emerging topics highlighted social use of technologies, the relevance of problematizing and thinking about meanings of the term technology as well as the importance of implementing social practices focused on the hybridization of devices instead of on the dissociation of technologies.