ACKNOWLEDGMENT I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Mrs Nguyen Thi Hong Nhat, M.A., my supervisor, for her thorough reading, critical comments and valuable suggestions as well as indispensable advice and encouragement I am greatly indebted to all the lecturers at Hanoi Pedagogical University Number 2, especially the lecturers at the Faculty of Foreign Languages for their valuable dedication during my years of university work I also owe my special thanks to students at the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Hanoi Pedagogical University Number 2, for their kind help and great contribution to my survey I am really grateful to my close friends who helped me a lot collect useful documents for my research Last but not least, particularly, I express my deep gratitude to my beloved family, for their hearted encouragement and support i ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to investigate students’ perceptions of benefits of using portfolios as a means of evaluating their learning process in a translation course and find out the students’ difficulties when implementing their portfolio as well as ways to improve students’ self-learning portfolio The participants of the survey questionnaires are 44 third-year English-major students of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Hanoi Pedagogical University Number As a result, most of students have positive attitudes and motivations towards the effects of using portfolios in their learning process; therefore teacher should apply portfolios in more foreign language classes Based on the results of the survey, it is clear that portfolio has a great of benefits; however both teachers and students also face some challenges when implementing portfolios in evaluating students’ learning process Thus some limitations of the study as well as suggestions for further studies have been involved ii STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP Title: Students’ Perceptions of Using Portfolios as a Means of Evaluation in an English Foreign Language Translation Course, a Case Study at the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Hanoi Pedagogical University N02” (Graduation paper submitted in partial fulfillment of The Degree of Bachelor of Arts in English) I certify that all the materials in this study has not been copied by me from any other person’s report without acknowledgment and this work is written by my best under instruction from my supervisor Date submitted: May 2013 Student Supervisor Le Thi Tim Nguyen Thi Hong Nhat, M.A iii TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ii ABSTRACT iii STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP iv TABLE OF CONTENTS v PART ONE INTRODUCTION I-Rationale II-Research questions III-Research objectives IV-Research scope V-Research tasks VI-Research methods VII-Significance of the proposed research VIII-Design of the research PART TWO DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER ONE: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND I.1 Literature review in brief I.2 Overview of evaluation I.2.1 Definition of evaluation I.2.2 Reasons for evaluating students I.2.3 Principles of evaluating students I.3 Overview of portfolios 12 I.3.1 Definition of portfolios 12 I.3.2 Types of portfolios 13 iv I.3.3 Components of portfolio 13 I.3.4 Stages of a portfolio evaluation 15 I.3.5 Benefits of using portfolios 17 I.4 Evaluating translation 19 I.4.1 Definition of translation 19 I.4.2 Approach to evaluate translation 20 I.4.2.1.The Product Approach 20 I.4.2.2.The Process Approach 21 I.4.2.3 Product Approach or Process Approach 21 I.4.3 Criteria for translation evaluation 22 CHAPTER TWO: METHODOLOGY II.1 Research setting 24 II.1.1 Overview of the course 24 II.1.2 Participants of the research 24 II.2 Data collection 25 II.2.1 Procedures for carrying out the research 25 II.2.2 Instruments for data collection 25 II.3 Data analysis 26 CHAPTER THREE RESULTS, MAJOR FINDINGS,AND RECOMMENDATIONS III.1.Results 27 III.1.1.Students’ perceptions of the benefits of using portfolios 27 III.1.2 Students’ difficulties in implementing the portfolios 31 III.1.3 Ways to improve students’ self-learning portfolio 32 III.2 Major Findings 33 III.3 Recommendations 34 v PART THREE CONCLUSION CONCLUSION 37 Summary of Findings 37 Limitations of the Study 38 Suggestions for Further Studies 38 REFERENCES 40 APPENDICES 44 SURVEYQUESTIONNAIRE 44 vi ... studies have been involved ii STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP Title: Students Perceptions of Using Portfolios as a Means of Evaluation in an English Foreign Language Translation Course, a Case Study at the...ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to investigate students perceptions of benefits of using portfolios as a means of evaluating their learning process in a translation course and find... English- major students of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Hanoi Pedagogical University Number As a result, most of students have positive attitudes and motivations towards the effects of using portfolios