Portfolio assessment on computer assisted audiovisual course: An effect study

This study investigates students´ and teachers´ perception of the impact of portfolio assessment on computer assisted audiovisual course in an EFL classroom. This is an action study, where participants (N=101) were students majors English completing their Audiovisual course at Yiwu Industrial and Commercial College, as partial fulfillment for their 3-year degree program. Drawing upon students´ questionnaires and interview data, the result shows students hold positive attitude toward their learning and teachers´ teaching procedure in classes. They evaluate higher on the students´ learning behavior, among which the cooperation awareness rated the first. However, the positive effect does not cover all the students. An assumption was proposed for further research: An inappropriate portfolio assessment might lead to a polarization in students´ class participation.