NDLI: Using Portfolio as an Alternative Assessment Tool to Enhance Thai EFL Students' Writing Skill

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Using Portfolio as an Alternative Assessment Tool to Enhance Thai EFL Students' Writing Skill

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Author	Kalra, Rusma Sundrarajun, Chutamas Komintarachat, Hathaichanok
Copyright Year	2017
Description	Journal: SSRN Electronic Journal This present study investigates the effects of portfolios on the development of English as a foreign language ( EFL) learners’ writing skills. For the purpose of this study 56 senior Thai undergraduate students majoring in Business English at an International University in Thailand were selected and divided into experimental and control groups. Each group, consists of 26 students, both of them were given pretest to ensure the same proficiency level. Throughout the eight weeks in which the experiment was carried, the experimental group was taught through portfolio assessment technique and the control group was taught using the conventional method. Besides, an independent sample t-test was carried out to see the significant differences between the two groups. In order to see the differences within each group, a paired sample t-test was applied. The statistical results showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups which signifies that those receiving the treatment, in this case, the portfolio based assessment, outperformed their control group counterpart in the area of writing skill.
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ISSN	10914358
e-ISSN	15565068
DOI	10.2139/ssrn.3094557
Journal	SSRN Electronic Journal
Language	English
Publisher	Elsevier BV
Publisher Date	2017-12-29
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: SSRN Electronic Journal Language Studies Efl Writing Portfolio Assessment
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Psychiatry and Mental Health

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