Assessment (Teaching Report Portfolio) of English for Young Learners Courses

摘要

The aim of this research is to find out and describe the weaknesses and strengths of the portfolio assessment of EYL courses made by English students of Muhammadiyah University of Bengkulu. This research was designed by using a descriptive method. The object of this research was eighteen portfolio assessment of EYL courses made by English students of UMB. The data were collected by using documentation technique. In analyzing the data, the rubric of Carey (2001) was used by the researchers. The result of the research shows that there were some weaknesses and strengths in the assessment (Teaching Report Portfolio) of EYL courses made by English students of UMB. There were 5.6% criteria that were not included in Teaching Report Portfolio, 39.1% Teaching Report Portfolio that had to be revised, and 55.3% criteria that were good. It can be concluded that there were some weaknesses. Meanwhile, the strengths of the portfolio assessments of EYL courses made by English students of UMB were an evaluation for them particularly in managing a course, being an edupreneur and creative teacher.