Using Digital Portfolios to Develop Students’ Writing: A Practical Guide for Language Teachers

This book equips preservice teachers, research postgraduate students, teacher educators, and language specialists with specific knowledge and skills about the principles, research, and applications of digital portfolios within the EFL writing contexts.

While most digital portfolio scholarship focuses on higher education, this book targets primary-level and secondary-level school audiences, namely preservice teachers, teacher educators, and Ministry of Education staff members with a focus on EFL writing. The rationale behind this design is that the published literature on digital portfolios tends to be generic and one-size-fits-all, there has been scant published scholarship about the development of digital portfolio literacy among teachers and pupils, which could enable them to upgrade the teaching and learning of writing in a larger EFL environment. This volume fills this gap by illustrating the why, what, and how aspects of digital portfolios in ten reader-friendly chapters.

The book guides educators to enrich their pedagogical repertoire when they set up digital portfolio systems and coach pupils to improve writing via the portfolio approach. This guide emphasises a healthy balance between principles, research, and practice, which ensure the idea of digital portfolios can be disseminated with high fidelity. The content focuses on the development of digital portfolio literacy among teachers and pupils, which could enable them to upgrade the teaching and learning of writing in a larger EFL environment. It is a must-buy, easy-to-follow, and indispensable guide, which enhances the target audience’s professional and intellectual growth.