ASIAN TEFL
ASIAN TEFL: Journal of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, Vol 1 (2), 2016

Portfolio Keeping Ends to a Good Product: The Cases of Reading and Motivation

Azadeh Nemati (Islamic Azad University, Jahrom)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Dec 2016

Abstract

Portfolio has been in use from the past in other disciplines. But there are growing bodies of research which document its importance in foreign language teaching. The current study was implemented on selecting 91 undergraduate students passing their general English course in Iran. Traditional reading program was administered for control group whereas; portfolio keeping was integrated into experimental group. The result of ANCOVA showed that portfolio keeping has a positive effect on reading ability of the students in experimental group. The better reading result is explained by this argument that a good product is justified by a good process. Furthermore, portfolio keeping increased their attitude/motivation towards learning English; especially it increased integrative motivation of the students more than instrumental and attitude.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

asiantefl

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

ASIAN TEFL; e-ISSN: 2503-2569, p-ISSN: 2527-5038; Journal of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, a peer-reviewed journal, is an interdisciplinary publication of original research on ELTand Linguistics. The journal aims to provide a forum for scholarly understanding and promote the process of ...