As dificuldades encontradas pelos graduandos do curso de letras/inglês da universidade aberta do Brasil – UAB, na modalidade à distância – EAD, no polo de Regeneração – PI

Abstract

Since the emergence of Distance Education in Brazil and in the world, more people have had access to education at all levels. In a higher education case, this kind of teaching modality certainly democratized the undergraduate degree. This work aims to identify the learning difficulties faced by undergraduates of English Arts Degree of the Universidade Aberta do Brasil, in the distance modality, in Regeneração – PI polo. Based on this purpose were chosen two kinds of research. Firstly, the bibliographical research based on authors such as Peters (2002), Rubio (2011), Bortolozzo (2010), Hack (2011) and Kenski (2013), and posteriorly the quantitative research carried out since the data collection applied to the undergraduate students under discussion. It has been verified that self-learning for English language acquisition is a great difficulty for students, as well as the difficult access to the internet, which is an essential tool in Distance Education. It was also pointed out the absence of a simultaneous guidance of the teacher as one of the major factors that hinder learning in distance education. Knowing the difficulties of the students is important to promote improvements to this modality of teaching that has been achieving ever more recognition not only in Brazil, but also in the whole world