ICT in Higher Education in Portugal

Abstract

The paper will explore CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning) in Portugal, focusing on higher education level. The lack of exploitation of CALL in PT is well-documented in several reports, e.g. The EU commissioned .Teaching of Foreign Languages and on the Role of Teachers of Foreign appropriate training of language teachers in meaningful uses of ICT tends to .paper will address these needs by focusing results online materials that can be used for developing language lesson contents making use of the advantages of e-Learning and questions on teaching the less taught languages to use. KEYWORDS: CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning), ICT, FLT (Foreign Language Teaching), (FLL) Foreing Language Learning. RESUMEN Este artículo pretende explorar el Aprendizaje de Lenguas Asistido por Ordenador (CALL, Computer-Assisted Language Learning) en Portugal. Para ello, se centrará en el nivel de educación superior. La escasa explotación del CALL en Portugal ha sido ampliamente estudiado en varios informes, por ejemplo, el informe encargado por la UE titulado The Impact of Information and Communications Technologies on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and on the Role of Teachers of Foreign Languages 1 This paper was originally presented at a Conference held at the Universidade de Évora, Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, April, 2010. ENTRECULTURAS Número 3. ISSN: 1989-5097. Fecha de publicación: 12-01-2011 154 and FLL is far from satisfactory, as ICT resources are traditionally reserved for Este artículo abordará dichas necesidades centrándose en los resultados de proyectos europeos como POOLS. Analizaremos cuestiones relativas a los materiales en línea que pueden utilizarse para desarrollar contenidos de clases de lengua, hacienda uso de las ventajas del e-Learning.