The role of the student
In line with the
Action-oriented
This approach views learners as social agents and active participants in their own learning. It implies the use of the target language by learners while engaging in purposeful, collaborative tasks.
approach, students are learning and using the target language for purposeful, collaborative tasks from the outset. The
SLP
Student Language Portfolio
serves to record and document students’ increasing autonomy in learning and using the target language.
To reflect their growing autonomy, each student’s language portfolio will be unique and contain texts that show their unique personality, identity and age and stage of learning, where work is presented in different formats including handwritten, digital and multimodal.
As students’ language proficiency grows, they reflect on and celebrate their achievements to date. To this end, self-assessment of and evaluative reflection on work is fundamental to the
SLP
Student Language Portfolio
. Students' autonomy increases as they are encouraged and supported to set goals for their learning, monitor their own progress and set goals for improvement using criteria such as Can-Do Statements.