Items to include in a portfolio
- A cover page with an introduction
- A preliminary skills checklist (what the learner was
able to do when the tutoring sessions first started)
- Writing samples (including drafts and final copies)
- Audio tapes with speech samples
- Video tapes demonstrating proficiency at a task
- Goal statements
- Skills checklists
- Reading checklists and samples of reading
- Checklists of TV shows watched or radio
broadcasts listened to
- q Vocabulary charts
- Idiom lists
- Anecdotal notes (stories of how the learner has changed)
- Self–reflection exercises that highlight what the
portfolio demonstrates about the learner’s
strengths and needs
Any additional items that demonstrates
a skill or goal has been achieved!
Organizing your portfolio
- Put a date on all entries.
- Use a summary sheet or table of contents at the beginning and
keep it up-to-date.
- Include a variety of different work.
Benefits in using portfolios
- Are truly learner-centred.
- Assessment is done with the learner not to the learner.
- n Improve planning and empower the learner.
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Learners set their
goals and see where they are going.
- It gives learners an opportunity to think about the process of
learning and the strategies that they use while learning. Portfolios
can help learners think about and evaluate the ways in which they
learn.
- Revisiting the portfolio gives the learner a chance to reset goals
when necessary.
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