El Portafolio Europeo de las Lenguas como herramienta de autoevaluación

Abstract

THE EUROPEAN LANGUAGE PORTFOLIO AS A SELF-ASSESSMENT TOOL

Evaluation is such a wide concept that it includes a lot of theories and definitions. Since its appearance in the fifteenth century it has been studied by many humanists and psychologists. Its connection with education cannot be underestimated. The development of evaluation over the years has brought its new form, self-assessment whose purpose was to make students more reflective and aware of their learning. The usage of The European Language Portfolio as the integral part of the foreign languages learning process promotes student’s independence and responsibility. Nowadays, students make decisions themselves about their learning process and teachers become helpers, who guide them. Moreover, responsible and reflective students are more aware of the necessity and importance of learning and self-development.