Virtual Portfolio

  Item 2 What are the challenges you would like to take in order to be an excellent English language mediator? Mention at least three. Alternative assessment             Assessment was and to some extent is still viewed not only as a cumulative but also as a formative process. In other words, assessment is regarded as a process that uses quantitative and qualitative methods that seeks to determine whether, and to which extent, students have learned and achieved the specific learning objectives of a course. Alternatively, some assessment methods in the post-modern era include self-assessment, peer assessment, portfolios, learner diaries, journals, student-teacher conferences, interviews, observations, and so on. I see this as a challenge since I often perceive that I am too tied to the old-fashioned and traditional assessment methods which pay too much attention to the cumulative quantitative aspects, leaving aside other r...