The digital language portfolio in distance teaching and learning
  Foredraget af Irmeli Kaustio var efter min mening at af de bedste på EuroCall dette år. Hun underviser ved hjælp af fjernundervisning (online) elever som bor i fjerntliggende finske områder og på øer.

Det var særdeles inspirerende at møde en lærer fra den finske folkeskole som med stor energi berettede om hvordan hun arbejdede gennem flere år med elever ved hjælp af portfolio metoden

 
 

 
 

 
  Det var også spændende at høre om hvorledes metoden var af betydning ved undervisning af et par tvillinger hvor den ene var særdeles sky. Trods dette lykkedes det Irmely at få eleven til at lave et omfattende arbejde som trin for trin betød at hun blev mere åben

 
  Irmeli Kaustio's abstract:

Turun normaalikoulu is a part of the Faculty of Education of X University teacher training school. We have been involved in the Archipelago Distance Teaching Project since 1996. The aim is to give the comprehensive school students of Velkua a chance to study languages (English, Swedish and German) under competent guidance. Furthermore, the Distance Teaching Project has given our teacher trainees the opportunity to learn how to teach in such circumstances.

I teach English using Video Conference and NetMeeting equipment to two secondary school students in Velkua from Turku. I am currently involved in Action Research, where I am looking into different ways of introducing the European Language Portfolio in its digital form into distance teaching and learning of languages. The theoretical frame for my research is the Common European Framework for Languages (2001). The research will be carried out during school term 2001-2002.

I am particularly interested in the Dossier, where the students gathers samples of his or her portfolio work (learning folder) to be presented later as samples of his or her language skills (reporting folder). I have devised ranges of assignments on different themes, all of which have been ones that can be realized using a computer. Among other things, I am looking into the types of assignments that the students choose, and their motives for doing so. The research is carried out adhering strictly to the methodology of action research.

I propose to present the concept of the European Language Portfolio applied to CALL and my research findings at EuroCall 2002. My possible Show & Tell Presentation could take the form of a PowerPoint presentation in English and/or Finnish. Alternatively or in addition to the Show & Tell Presentation, I am willing to prepare the same presentation also in Swedish and French, thereby, giving the audience a choice of language if their browse the presentation on their own (i.e. poster).