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

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

Hyesun Cho
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781522529330|ISBN10: 1522529330|EISBN13: 9781522529347
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2933-0.ch007
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Cho, Hyesun. "The Pitfalls and Promises of Electronic Portfolio Assessment With Secondary English Language Learners." Applications of CALL Theory in ESL and EFL Environments, edited by James Perren, et al., IGI Global, 2018, pp. 111-130. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2933-0.ch007

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Cho, H. (2018). The Pitfalls and Promises of Electronic Portfolio Assessment With Secondary English Language Learners. In J. Perren, K. Kelch, J. Byun, S. Cervantes, & S. Safavi (Eds.), Applications of CALL Theory in ESL and EFL Environments (pp. 111-130). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2933-0.ch007

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Cho, Hyesun. "The Pitfalls and Promises of Electronic Portfolio Assessment With Secondary English Language Learners." In Applications of CALL Theory in ESL and EFL Environments, edited by James Perren, et al., 111-130. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2933-0.ch007

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Abstract

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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