The portfolio should be viewed as an initial step in your ongoing progress as language learners and teachers, and its aim is
You can look at detailed statements from the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (the can-do statements) to see what you should be able to do at the B2 level in a variety of areas.
The portfolio may be in either of two formats:
Each of the forms has its advantages and disadvantages. If you decide to collect things, it may be easier because you already have some of the materials in printed form; moreover you can write, underline, colour, highlight, label, and paste. On the other hand, a portfolio contained in a folder can become huge over time and it may be difficult to handle it and carry it around. An electronic portfolio is more practical in this way: materials may be added indefinitely and it never gets too heavy. If you have your portfolio online, it can also be accessed almost everywhere. However, you will have to spend more time scanning and working on your computer, which may be uncomfortable for some people. If you are interested in creating an electronic portfolio and need technical help, please contact your teacher near the beginning of the semester.
The portfolio will be submitted twice a year: at the end of the winter semester (presenting materials for that semester) and at the end of the summer semester (presenting materials for both semesters of that academic year). In following years, you may want to keep all your materials and only submit the relevant parts each semester, or you may decide always to replace the old materials with new ones, or you may prefer to keep some essential artifacts and update the rest.
Your portfolio should include the following parts:
* For each of these sections there should be:
*** extra materials - the objective for the optional extra materials part is to show what and how you do out of class to maintain and improve your knowledge and skills in English
The following are just possible examples of items that can be included in each section, by no means a complete list. Be creative in the selection of the materials you decide to include, just don’t forget that all the materials you decide to include as artifacts should comply with the above listed criteria.
Your portfolio will be evaluated based on how well the form and contents tallies with the above described criteria, i.e. whether it contains all the required sections, number of artifacts for each sections, whether the choice of those artifacts is sufficiently justified, fits the objectives and whether you reflected properly on each of the materials.
