Emi Ochiai Ahn is a residential faculty of Japanese at Mesa Community College, Mesa, Arizona. She holds a B.A. in English from Japan Women's University in Tokyo and an M.A. in TESOL from Michigan State University. She develops and teaches both face-to-face and online Japanese courses. She is an active member of the Arizona Language Association and the Arizona Association of Teachers of Japanese. Her fields of interest include distance teaching and learning, critical thinking theory in language teaching, educational media, and Chinese and Korean studies. More information is available at her website: http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~emiahn/.
This presentation will first address the importance of an explicit presentation of the National Standards for Foreign Languages (5 C's) to students. Teachers should discuss the 5 C's with students, instead of just quietly implementing the 5 C's into their teaching. To assess student performance on the 5 C's, ePortfolios are ideal, so in the second part of the paper, the benefits of ePortfolios will be discussed. The portfolios include compositions, graphics, video clips, and sound files. WebCT's Student Presentation tool works well for students to create their ePortfolios. The presenter will also share students' reactions to the project.
Ochiai sensei's paper is at http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~emiahn/SenseiOnlinePaper.htm
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