EAP- portfolio

Universidad CAECE

Licenciatura en la Enseñanza del Idioma Inglés

English for Academic Purposes

 The First Steps into Academic Literacy

González Allende, M. F.

Portfolio 2011

Tutors: Lic. Yanina Crimi and Veronica Pintos

July 30th., 2011

Dear tutors,

                       I am writing this letter to tell you that in the portfolio I have included the first draft, the tutors’ feedback and the final version, the midterm test and the makeup test. These works show the improvement of the writing skills during the term.

                     I have to admit this course was extremely hard for me at the beginning; although I have studied English for almost all my life, I found myself lost with new terms and ways of doing things which made it difficult. This was not my first time in a licenciatura, but the aims and objectives were different. Therefore, I had to adapt my learning strategies to this course.

                      However, along the class I was able to see slow but steady progress; with time and patience on your part I believe I have improved my writing skills, and I have also become more confident in handling the first issues regarding academic language. I am sure I now have some tools that enable me to approach academic texts with a better understanding, and with the possibility to become, one day, a member of the academic community of English teachers.

Yours,

María Florencia González Allende