The Pitfalls and Promises of Electronic Portfolio Assessment With Secondary English Language Learners

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Author(s): Hyesun Cho (University of Kansas, USA)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 20
Source title: Applications of CALL Theory in ESL and EFL Environments
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): James Perren (Alliant International University, USA), Kenneth B. Kelch (Alliant International University, USA), Jin-suk Byun (Alliant International University, USA), Seth Cervantes (Alliant International University, USA)and Setareh Safavi (Alliant International University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2933-0.ch007

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Web-Based Teaching & Learning

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This chapter discusses the pitfalls and promises of electronic portfolio assessment for English language learners in high school classrooms in the United States. In a three-year federally funded program designed to improve academic performance among culturally and linguistically diverse students at an urban high school in Honolulu, Hawaii, the author implemented electronic portfolio assessment (EPA) into academic English and heritage language classrooms. This chapter delineates how EPA was developed to enhance academic and linguistic abilities of adolescent ELLs while embracing their multifaceted and hybrid identities. It also presents both challenges and benefits that teachers and students experienced in the process of EPA. It concludes with suggestions for developing and implementing EPA for English language learners in similar contexts.

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