Crafting Your Language Portfolio

Crafting Your Language Portfolio

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to create a language portfolio to showcase your best work.

Introduce the learning objective to the students and explain its importance in their language learning journey.

What do you already know about creating a language portfolio?

What is a Language Portfolio?

A language portfolio is a collection of your best language-related work, including essays, presentations, and projects.

Define a language portfolio and highlight its purpose as a tool for showcasing language skills.

Choosing Your Best Work

Select work that demonstrates your language proficiency, creativity, and critical thinking skills.

Explain the criteria for choosing the best work to include in a language portfolio. Encourage students to reflect on their strengths.

Organizing Your Portfolio

Divide your portfolio into sections such as writing, speaking, listening, and reading. Use clear labels and a consistent format.

Guide students on how to organize their language portfolio effectively, ensuring easy navigation and comprehension for viewers.

Showcasing Your Work

Include a variety of media formats such as written documents, audio clips, videos, and images to make your portfolio engaging.

Discuss the importance of incorporating different media formats to enhance the visual appeal and interactivity of the language portfolio.

Reflecting on Your Progress

Include a reflective statement for each piece of work, highlighting your growth, challenges faced, and lessons learned.

Emphasize the significance of self-reflection in a language portfolio, encouraging students to think critically about their language development.

Review and Revise

Regularly review and update your language portfolio to keep it current and showcase your ongoing progress.

Discuss the importance of maintaining an up-to-date language portfolio and provide tips for revising and improving existing work.

Presenting Your Portfolio

Practice presenting your portfolio confidently, explaining the significance of each piece of work and sharing your language learning journey.

Guide students on how to effectively present their language portfolio, emphasizing the importance of clear communication and storytelling.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.