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D Morning Miss Cute! GD Morning to you all!
When I think of portfolios, these ideas come to my mind:
- Motivation
Portfolios (may) highly contribute to effective students� motivation on language learning and, therefore, to improve students� communicative competence;
- Autonomy
Portfolios promote self-regulation and higly contribute to develop learners� autonomy in language learning - students take charge of their own learning, making adjustements according to their own needs;
- Competency based approach
They promote the acquisition of a communicative competence, unlike the still so common content based approach
- Pedagogical differentiation
The use of Portefolios (may be) is an excellent tool to promote successful language learning, since it respects differencies, both in learning paces and abilities learning methods;
- emphasis on the process and nor only on the product
Through Portfolios we can "see" the evolution of the student over the course of the whole learning process.
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Well, I�m sure you�ll be able to find lots of interesting ideas. These are just a few that I find veiy interesting for discussion.
Have a wonderful day!
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