The Student's Portfolio in English Language
Classroom
Main types of portfolios
The process portfolio which documents the stages of learning and provides a progressive record of student knowledge
growth.
This type of student portfolio contains work that shows the student's progression through the course of the
school year
The product portfolio which demonstrates mastery of a learning task or a set of learning objectives and contains only the
best work.
This documentation portfolio, as it is called, involves a collection of work over time showing growth and
improvement reflecting students' learning of identified outcomes
What is a Portfolio?
Collections of student's work that can be used as an alternative assessment
approach in the classroom
Purposes of Portfolios
The portfolio provides the students with the
opportunity to demonstrate knowledge of a
topic.