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- Title
Implementing the European Language Portfolio in a Turkish context.
- Authors
Yılmaz, Sinem; Akcan, Sumru
- Abstract
This study explores the way in which the European Language Portfolio (ELP) is used for teaching English as a foreign language to young learners with the aim of enhancing their involvement in the language learning process. The data for the study were collected through observations in a fourth-grade and a fifth-grade classroom (students’ ages varied from 9- to 11-years-old) over a 12-week period, interviews with the two English teachers, focus group interviews with the students, audio recordings of two self-assessment sessions, as well as student and teacher materials collected on site. The findings of the study show that the ELP was implemented through five common practices: raising awareness, goal tracking, making choices, reflection, and self-assessment. The article concludes with a summary of the benefits and constraints of the implementation along with some recommendations.
- Subjects
ENGLISH as a foreign language; ENGLISH language education; LANGUAGE research; ENGLISH language education for foreign speakers in elementary schools; STUDENT portfolios; AUDIOVISUAL aids in English language education for foreign speakers; TEACHING methods research
- Publication
ELT Journal: English Language Teaching Journal, 2012, Vol 66, Issue 2, p166
- ISSN
0951-0893
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1093/elt/ccr042