USING PORTFOLIO AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION ABOUT LEARNING PROCESS

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rifa Andhini ◽  
Sisilia Setiawati Halimi
Keyword(s):  
Language Learners ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Alternative Assessment ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Alternative Assessments ◽  
Stimulated Recall ◽  
Journal Entries ◽  
Source Of Information

Alternative assessments are said to be suitable for young language learners, but are rarely used by language teachers from all educational levels. One of the causes is teachers’ lack of knowledge regarding the best ways to utilize alternative assessments. This research explores how an English teacher for young learners can use portfolio, an alternative assessment, as a source of information about learning process. Data from journal entries and stimulated recall sessions that focus on the participant’s lesson plans were collected every week to reveal how portfolio was used, while initial and final interviews were done to reveal the participant’s perception about portfolio. The results indicate that portfolio could help the participant identify learners’ weaknesses, strengths and needs as she started exploring a topic; determine the teaching focus, suitable teaching materials and appropriate teaching strategies; monitor learners’ development; and decide whether the topic needs to be explored further. The participant also has a positive perception about using portfolio. Some issues about portfolio, such as its use alongside other forms of assessment, are also revealed. The results provide new, more specific information about how teachers can use portfolio.

scholarly journals A Washback Study on Portfolio Assessment

ELT in Focus ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-14
Author(s):  
Putri Kamalia Hakim ◽  
Mansyur Srisudarso
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Portfolio Assessment ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Analysis Study ◽  
Instructional Process ◽  
Alternative Assessments ◽  
Writing Class ◽  
Learning English

The latest developments in the field of learning English as a foreign language have encouraged language teachers to use more authentic and realistic assessments. This situation makes portfolios as alternative assessments increasingly popular. As the popularity of the portfolio grows, questions among assessment developers have also arisen. They question whether the portfolio really is a proper assessment. In this study, the researcher investigated the wash-back effect of portfolio-based assessment. She observed the instructional process in a translation and a writing class to see how the two types of portfolios were used. This qualitative analysis study also studies by triangulating the data with the support of data from interviews and questionnaires. Researcher then classified the opinions and reflections of students and lecturers obtained from the interview and questionnaire responses. The findings suggest the use of a portfolio is indeed appropriate for use in writing and translating subjects. Portfolio-based assessments generate positive washback effect on the learning process.

scholarly journals The Importance Of Dictionary Instructions In Formulating Pragmatic And Language Competency Of Learners

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 268-274
Author(s):  
Dildora Shuxratovna Abdullayeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Vocabulary Knowledge ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Semantic Meaning ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Language Competency

Dictionary instruction is necessary to help language learners increase the kind of vocabulary knowledge, differentiating pragmatic and semantic meaning of phraseological units that will contribute to their learning process. The main purpose of this article is to examine the importance of using dictionary in language learning and teaching and make some suggestions for language teachers as well as language learners.

TRADITIONAL VERSUS ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pham Thi Thanh Binh
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Alternative Assessment ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Testing

Assessment as an integral part of any teaching and learning process, determines whether the goals of education are being met or not. This article gives a briefintroduction to the movement of alternative assessment as a worthwhile issue within the field of assessment and language testing. It then proceeds to discuss about authenticity, compares traditional and alternative assessment, and tries to spot the matters which need more consideration on the part of the teachers and practitioners for a fair approach.

Penerapan Pendekatan Kontruktivisme dalam Pembelajaran Bahasa Indonesia di SMP Negeri I Remboken

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Femmy Tresje Pelealu
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Strategy Model ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia

This study is conducted in order to describe the development model ofconstructivistic teaching in Indonesian language for the sake of maximizing thestudents’ attitude in critical thinking. Operationally this study is done inorder to describe the concept and strategy model and the materials of constructivisticIndonesian language teaching developed by the teachers in SMP Negeri 1 Rembokenfor the sake of maximizing the students’ attitude in critical thinking. TheIndonesian language teachers’ concept on the planning and the conduction ofconstructivistic teaching related to what Indonesian language teaching is, howthe textbook and the materials are used, the purpose of Indonesian languageteaching is, the role of the teacher, the role of the students in the teachingand learning process, the use of teaching methods and media, and the procedureof the conduction of constructivistic Indonesian language teaching and learningprocess in the classroom, was not done by the teachers when they were observed.Their constructivistic teaching attitude is very minimal.

Standing in Dorothy’s Shoes: What Can Language Teachers Learn from Dorothy Heathcote? Part One: Where Dorothy Came From, What She Did, and How It Can Support Language Development

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-12
Author(s):  
Ben Cowburn
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Process Drama ◽  
Drama Education ◽  
Educational Drama ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
Dorothy Heathcote ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Many

From the 1960s onwards, Dorothy Heathcote became a highly influential figure in UK drama education. Her practice, based around unscripted, participatory dramas in which students were often guided by a teacher working ‘in role’, helped to shape the way drama is taught in schools today, particularly within the process drama approach. Influenced by a range of educational theorists and practitioners, Heathcote developed a style of educational drama that she saw as being distinct from ‘theatre’, and more concerned with experiencing drama than performing it. To this end, she developed a number of dramatic techniques, such as ‘Teacher in Role’ and ‘Mantle of the Expert’, to help students inhabit dramatic contexts and learn through the direct imagined experience of a particular place, time or problem to be solved. These techniques have much to offer language teaching, particularly when communication is the main goal. Placing students in dramatic contexts is claimed to enhance motivation and engagement and lead to more truly authentic communication than is often found in language classrooms. Using a framework based on Heathcote’s techniques, and those developed by other process drama educators, language teachers can begin to explore the many benefits drama can offer language learners.

Proses Berpikir Logis Siswa Sekolah Dasar Bertipe Kecerdasan Logis Matematis dalam Memecahkan Masalah Matematika

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liska Yanti Pane ◽  
Kamid Kamid ◽  
Asrial Asrial
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Logical Thinking ◽  
Think Aloud ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Thinking Process ◽  
Problem Solving Process ◽  
Problem Solving Strategy ◽  
Solving Strategy

This research aims to describe logical thinking process of a logical-mathematical intelligence student. We employ qualitative method to disclose the subject’s learning process. Data are collected by interview and modified think aloud methods. The results show that subject has capability to find and organize problems and data correctly. Subject describes conditions that are needed to do the steps of problem solving strategy. The steps are done systematically until the end of problem solving process.

Qurʾanic Figurative Language to Develop High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) and Religious Tolerance among Language Learners

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-199
Author(s):  
Mahrus Asʾad ◽  
Ahmad Bukhori Muslim ◽  
Wagdi Rashad Ali Bin-Hady
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Figurative Language ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Religious Tolerance ◽  
Foreign Language Learners

Abstract Similar to other theistic texts, the Qurʾan has some figurative languages which require deep thought for good comprehension. However, how these rhetorical imageries can inspire the development of higher order thinking skills (HOTS) and religious tolerance among language learners, two necessary skills in the information-laden era, is still less known. This study explores how the Qurʾan’s figurative languages serve as an inspiring basis to develop Bloom’s revised taxonomy of analyzing and evaluating thinking skills in foreign language learning. Document analysis shows that many verses in Sura (Chapter) Joseph and other five chapters contain some simile, personification, and metaphor in recounting past prophetical and scientific events humans need to learn for life. Incorporated into learning materials, these figurative languages require the foreign language learners to use their skills of sensing, imagining, and making logical reasoning to discern the real meanings. The discussion of Sura Joseph in the Qurʾan which recounts some prophets of Abraham’s descendants can also increase religious tolerance among young followers of Abrahamic religions. The study recommends some strategies on how language teachers base their teaching and learning practices on these religious scriptures to develop students’ critical thinking and create a more harmonious global citizenship.

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