CLASSROOM BETWEEN ONLINE AND OFFLINE PRACTICES: PLACE, SPACE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AFFORDANCES IN MATO GROSSO
English language teaching, affordances, place, Place-based learning, technology integration.
In contexts where English is taught as a foreign language, especially in public schools, the construction of meaningful pedagogical practices represents a constant challenge. In the state of Mato Grosso, this reality is affected by a series of factors that hinder the full perception and use of affordances (Gibson, Van Lier, 2002; Aronin, 2004; Scarantino, 2003) that emerge in this process, such as student demotivation, structural and space/time limitations, challenges in accessing and critically using contextualized pedagogical materials, and the gap between the pedagogical, critical, and technological dimensions in teaching and teacher training. Although digital technologies and media offer multiple dynamic resources that favor the development of 21st century literacies, their meaningful integration remains limited. It is observed that the difficulty in connecting English teaching to students' experiences, combined with the lack of a situated approach, continues to be a frequent obstacle in public schools. In light of this, we propose the adoption of reflective and evaluative movements, capable of guiding a purposeful integration of technology in English teaching, contextualized, articulated with space (Lefebvre 1991; Soja 1989; 1996; Massey 2005) and with students' sense of place. From a rhizomatic perspective (Deleuze & Guattari, 1995; Latour, 2012) of educational networks, and based on contributions in the field of Place-based learning (Sobel, 2004; Gruenewald & Smith, 2008), critical applied linguistics (pennycook, 2010) and theoretical movements of space and language in posthumanism (Lenters & Mcdermott, 2019; Comber, 2016) this proposal aims to transform the English class experience into an opportunity that expands students' identity bonds and strengthens their agency in different fields of action, both online and in embodied experiences in their community.