Language portfolio as a method of systemic organization of the process of learning a foreign language

Sobolev Vadim Viktorovich

The article attempts to systematically analyze the new challenges and factors that have emerged recently and significantly affect the educational process, in particular on the process of learning a foreign language. A number of theses are outlined that formulate the urgent need to adjust the methods of teaching a foreign language withing the framework of modern realities. The article describes an approximate technology of teaching a foreign language, as well as independent work of students on the basis of the so-called «Language Portfolio». Based on the concrete definition and specification of educational goals the format of language portfolio is presented and a description of the technology for working with it is given.

Keywords:educational goals; language portfolio; foreign language; motivation; teaching technologies; independent self-development; assessment of knowledge and skills.