2 LCE Portfolio Guidelines

26 March 2004

FOR EACH OPTION, YOU MUST PRODUCE AT LEAST 2-3 PAGES OF WRITING

1. Talking to a native speaker. Get a conversation partner and meet regularly. Write a summary of what you’ve accomplished/learned/discussed over the course of several meetings.
2. Self-analysis. Listen to the recording of your class presentation (be sure to bring a blank tape the day you present!) with your lecteur’s/lectrice’s written comments. Do you agree? What is it like to hear yourself speak English? What errors do you notice that your lecteur didn’t catch?
3. Film Option. Watch an English-language film in V.O. at the cinema. Discuss this film with a native speaker and record your discussion. What vocabulary did you not understand? Were the accents difficult? How does the experience of watching a film in a cinema (where you cannot rewind) compare with the experience of watching a film on DVD/videocassette?
4. Video/DVD. Watch a film. Find a 5-minute scene and transcribe the dialogue, commenting on the difficulties you encountered. If you select this option for your presentation, you must act out this scene in class.
5. Music option. Choose an English-language artist and find an English language audio source on the internet (bbc, npr, etc.) for a profile of the artist and an album review. Summarize the opinion(s) of the profile you find and give your own opinion of the musician and album. Do you agree with the review you’ve found on the internet?
6. Teaching English. Observe an English class; after you see the class, interview the teacher and at least one student. Write up a summary of your experiences.
7. English Society Lecture. Attend a lecture. Afterwards, find an audio source on the internet relevant to the speaker’s topic and compare the viewpoints of the speaker to those of the audio source.
8. English Society Social Event. SHONA, WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? MY NOTES ARE NOT CLEAR…
9. English Society Drama Club. Attend the meetings for one semester and write up a summary of your experiences. What was it like to perform theatre in English? How does it compare with speaking English in an informal context? In a classroom?
10. Audio Library (B.S. Anglais). Examine listening comprehension materials (from two different books or tapes, select at least three exercises each). How do these work as language-teaching exercises? Which work best? Which don’t work? Why?
11. Listening/Speaking Log. Keep a journal of your listening and speaking activities over the semester; include your own participation in your English classes and any and all outside listening/speaking you do (English Society, films, conversation partner, etc.). Each month, make an audio recording of your highs and lows. Finish with a self-evaluation of your progress.