Interactive skills development in teaching English as a foreign language: new information and communication technologies as mediators’ devices in learning

Abstract

This article discusses the use of new technologies in English language teaching and the interactive skills development considered as object of study. This research interest is to develop four language skills: speaking, reading, listening, and, writing, through the use of the technological media devices in order to enhance learning opportunities. The study represents tension between the teaching and learning imposed in the classroom environment and the technological devices used for investigating it. The main question of this research is to understand how the new technologies and their mediators’ devices can contribute to develop interactive skills in English language learning. Besides understanding how the technological devices can be used as mediators in English language learning. This research interest is to be relevant to the teaching professional field for English language learners in College or schools, considering that the teaching and learning process can be established in global environments through new forms of interaction. The study happens through analyzing curriculum data like "New technologies applied to foreign languages teaching", and through accessing the teachers’ and researcher’s reports. The survey results are expected to contribute to the activities and materials constructions through mediators’ devices addressed to interactivity in language teaching and learning.