A washback study on e-portfolio assessment in an English as a Foreign Language teacher preparation program

Computer Assisted Language Learning

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-36

  Hung, Shao Ting Alan ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

classroom assessment; e portfolio; teacher education; washback

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860742718     PISSN: 09588221     EISSN: 17443210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09588221.2010.551756     Document Type: Article

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