PORTFOLIO

The modern era is more challenging. Therefore, we need more preparation to face it and one of them is by having a recorder of what we have done in the past. For instance are a memory picture, note, etc. It goes to remind us about the past event. Lately, it is also applied in the educational system and in this term, it is applied in Academic Writing 1. We usually know it as Portfolio. Portfolio comes from the word “port” and “folio”. In a simple way, we can understand it as the place to gather the paper. In portfolio assignments, we can collect our paper of assignments over time. There are so many advantages of portfolio assignments applied in Academic Writing. Some of them are based on the learning improvement, and the teaching technique.
Portfolio gives us a significant impact for our learning improvement. It makes us collect all the assignments we have done over time. By examining that assignments compilation, we can measure how our achievement is. It shows us the improvement of our writing skill and knowledge time by time through the assignments we collect. For example, we still did the grammatical error in the first paper. Then we go to the second paper and conclude there is an improvement or not. In another way, we also can see the improvement about our ability in composing the sentences, paragraphs, and essays.
The next is based on the teaching technique. By examining the portfolio of the students, the teacher can measure how far the students’ achievement’s improvement so that the teacher can understand the way of the students’ learning. Then the teacher can evaluate the technique which is more appropriate to his students.
In conclusion, portfolio assignment is one of the good ways to be applied. It helps us more than just in one side. It can help us to measure the students’ achievement. Not only that, it also can help the teacher to understand the students’ learning style.