Language Portfolio 2

I Language Passport

1 My Diplomas

2 My Tests

3 My Self-Assessment

II Language Biography

1 All about Me

Name:

Age:

Date of Birth:

Place of Birth:

Years of English:

My English Teacher’s Name:

Read and put a tick or a cross.

Some members of my family speak English.

Some members of my family are from an English-speaking country.

I often read English books, magazines, etc.

I often watch English TV programmes.

I often listen to English songs.

I have extra English lessons.

There is someone at home who speaks English to me.

I have contact with people from English-speaking countries.

I have visited the following English-speaking countries:

I have lived in the following English-speaking countries:

2 How I learn

Think about the easiest ways for you to learn. Read the sentences below. You can choose more than one.

I understand words/sentences better if I

A listen to them on a CD.

B listen to my teacher saying them.

C see them written.

D do something with them.

E other

I learn words/phrases better if I

A listen to them on a CD.

B listen to my classmates saying them.

C read them.

D write them.

E repeat them.

F act them out, sing them, etc.

G they are part of a video/DVD, etc.

H other

I can express myself best if I

A already know all the words I need to use.

B know some of the words I need to use.

C use mime or objects to help me.

D already have some life experience on the subject.

E other

I learn best if I work

A on my own.

B in pairs.

C in groups.

D other

I am more eager to learn if

A I know why I’m doing an activity.

B I know an activity will help me.

C I am rewarded.

D an activity will help me to find out more abut the things I like.

E other

I understand grammar rules better if

A they are explained to me in my mother tongue.

B I compare them with my mother tongue.

C I get them from a text by exploring it.

D other