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Profile Issues in Teachers` Professional Development
Print version ISSN 1657-0790
Abstract
SAAVEDRA JELDRES, Pamela Andrea and CAMPOS ESPINOZA, Mónica. Chilean Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions Towards Benefits and Challenges of EFL Writing Portfolios. profile [online]. 2019, vol.21, n.2, pp.79-96. ISSN 1657-0790. https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v21n2.73116.
Although keeping writing portfolios has proved to be a successful strategy in developing writing skills in English as a foreign language, few studies have focused on pre-service teachers at the pre-intermediate level. This study aims to describe pre-service teachers’ perceptions towards portfolio keeping. The sample consisted of 51 first-year students from an initial English language teacher education programme at a university in Southern Chile. A writing portfolio-based class was implemented over a seventeen-week period. Data were collected through an adapted questionnaire and a focus group conducted at the end of term. Results show that pre-service teachers value the strategy; they perceive they have improved their writing and reflection skills. They also draw attention to some challenges to be considered in the planning and implementation phases of the strategy.
Keywords : Assessment strategy; English as a foreign language writing; English language teacher education; pre-service teachers’ perceptions; writing portfolios.