EFFECTS OF PORTFORLIOS ON IMPROVING LISTENING COMPREHENSION SKILL FOR STUDENTS: A CASE STUDY AT THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Abstract

In the current trend of globalization, the demand on language skills for the workforce is becoming more urgent. To help students well prepare for their future career as well as enhance their communication skill, teachers of English at Thai Nguyen University of Economics and Business Administration have kept looking for new teaching techniques and been continuously applying modern teaching methods to maximize the efficiency of the teaching process. In this study, the authors looked at the effectiveness of using portfolios in helping learners enhance their listening comprehension ability then based on the findings to make suggestions for the effective use of listening portfolios to help develop students’ listening ability and partly contribute to improving their language proficiency.