1. Emerging technologies By Adriano Lima, Deyse Maimone, Elizama Souza, José Henrique Panicali and Sânia Araújo.

2. BLOGS ARE A type of website that allow for the publication of text, images and sound files. A website that is up-dated frequently, with a new material post at the top of the page. They are also used for collective writing.

3. In the educational context, blogs are still relatively untried. Campbell’s suggestions are: Blogs are useful in a ESL context as a tutor blog, a learner blog or a class blog.

4. Wu (2005) Conducted with the students suggest that whether bloging is effective in language learning and teaching depends to a large extent on how it is used in a course.

5. Pinkman (2005) Uses the concepts of learner empowerment, learner autonomy and learner independence as a starting point for her study, emphasising the importance of learners taking responsability for their learning.

6. Murray and Hourigan (2008) The study shows that the socio-cognitive approach is beneficial, is useful for giving learners more freedom and control.

7. WIKIS Collaborative web site comprises the perpetual collective work of many authors. E.g.: Wikipedia (free online encyclopedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

8. A wiki may be a tool with potential for collaborative and problem-based learning, two major concepts in sociocultural theory. The teachers could benefit from more practice in prompting student’s critical thinking through the use of information literacy skills. Working with wikis involves an epistemological shift, from the individually accquired to collectively created knowledge.

9. MOBILE DEVICES Cellphones, personal media players, personal digital assistants, smartphones and wireless laptops. The applicability of tis type of educational Scenario to a visit to an L2-related location is obvious but as yet under reported in the literature.

10. Learning is to think of the ubiquitousness of many of the devices, which allow them to be used for at least two types of situations. Through online or mobile services an individual Can communicate with people who are aware that he/she is learning a language.

11. CONCLUSION These techonologies that may be applied to educational settings.