E-portfolio assessment between the practical difficulties and the future prospects

Abstract EN

Assessment is used inside and outside the language classrooms as an investigative procedure that explores the extent to which the teaching-learning process is going effective.

This may be done through using a variety of tools such as tests, observations, interviews and so many tools, which sometimes can be practiced implicitly or explicitly and for many purposes.

Under necessity, integrating assessment and technology is felt as urgency to consolidate e-learning.

Accordingly, many assessment tools emerged, such as computerized tests, online interviews and other tools.

E-portfolio, as an alternative assessment and e-assessment tool, is still receiving less obvious views among the EFL teachers in the Algerian universities.

This study seeks to illustrate the practical difficulties which might be crucial in the determination of EFL teachers' attitudes towards e-portfolio assessment.

Data were collected through a structured interview with teachers which revealed interesting findings.

The teachers insisted on the need for the systematic training for the portfolio pedagogy and the development of learners' technology literacy.