A formação do professor de línguas na modalidade do ensino a distância

Abstract

The objective of this work was to discuss, by means of a bibliographic review, the formation of language teachers in distance education, seeking to understand its advances and challenges. In the last decade distance higher education has expanded considerably, both in private and public institutions. Distance education has been gradually growing and consolidating itself as a way for the population to keep up to date, whether through technical, undergraduate or graduate courses. The objective of this kind of education is to enable citizens to be prepared for the job market, which is becoming more competitive every day. We can see that new technologies are bringing expectations to everyone involved and demanding that they explore the new educational possibilities that this technology allows them. In this sense, DL opens the way for the inclusion of people in education, democratizing access for many who were excluded from classroom education and being an instrument for the training of language teachers. Keywords: Teacher Training. Distance Education. New Technologies.