Language Biography

August 28, 2008

The Language Biography is one very important part of a Language Portfolio. It includes a history and reports of the learner’s language and intercultural experiences, her or his language learning goals, and self-assessment checklists. So the beginning of a Language Portfolio should be made with a Language Biography. Here is one example, used at the [...]


Text as Blog-Post

August 27, 2008

Written texts are also an important part of the dossier to demonstrate written competencies. They can be any kind of written work, discussing any topic. It could be a poem, a story, a screenplay, a biography, a letter, a dialogue, an essay, a CV, an entry from a diary, a travelogue, a report, a research [...]


Text as pdf

August 27, 2008

Text files are a very important part of the dossier. The reflection about the written piece can be made in the blog entry (= what you are reading right now), and the text itself can be linked in the entry (preferably as pdf file). To ad such a pdf file to your entry, go to [...]


Audio File

August 26, 2008

Audio files can also be part of the dossier of an e-Portfolio. The reflection about the sound file can be written in the blog entry (= what you are reading right now), and the audio file itself can be uploaded and displayed in the entry. Here is a: sample-audio In the recoding I mentioned Creative [...]


What is a Language Portfolio?

August 18, 2008

A Language Portfolio is a collection of material describing the proficiency in one (or more) foreign language(s). Since it is a collection of various material produced over a longer period of time (eventually also life time) the process and progress of the language acquisition becomes visible. In addition a Language Portfolio also includes learners’ reflections [...]