Friday, November 26, 2010

PORTFOLIO

How to prepare your Portfolio.

As you already now, the Portfolio represents 30% of your qualification. You should consider that.

Don’t start preparing your portfolio at the end of the semester. You have to review all the activities, and it would be very difficult to remember things clearly if you haven’t taken notes on them. Therefore, pay attention to every activity and think of it, as if you were writting a diary.

The activities in which you have been the protagonist would be important, but don’t think the presentations your classmates prepare aren’t relevant: the best way to take part in them is to follow them. Beeing active during the classroom activities will make the preparation of your portfolio very easy. But, remember: don’t let the time fly: it would be much easier to write on what’s been done when it’s fresh.

For each activity, you should write a description and then comment on it, give your opinion on it, criticize it. Criticizing doesn’t mean considering only the negative aspects, but also and more importantly the possitive ones. You should be constructive, and not destructive when you criticize; beeing constructive implies searching for alternatives.


This was the advice at the beginning of the semester... I hope you have already started preparing it. So now, what?? You have some of your presentations on the intranet, check them, that will help you.

Try to be creative -as you've been during the debates. This time you can express your opinion on each topic.

Finally, the structure of the portfolio should consist in:

. An introduction
. A description and a critical overview of every activity -History of the English Language, presentations in group and their subsequent debates, invididual presentations(yours and your classmates'). The blog would help you remembering the activities and the presentations too.
. A conclusion
. You may add your comments on the blog in an addenda.

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