Investigating the Impact of Using e-Portfolio Assessment on EFL Students’ Writing Recount Text through Google Sites (A Qualitative Case Study)

Riza Rustandi, Dedeh Rohayati, Wawan Tarwana

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This study reports an analysis of the impact of e-portfolio assessment on EFL students in writing Recount Text and teachers' perceptions of e-portfolio assessment through Google Sites. This research approach is a case study. Observations, interviews, and documents were used as data collection instruments. The subjects of this study were 8th-grade students of Islamic Secondary School in Garut and the data collection was obtained from online class observations and interviews with English teachers. The results revealed that the use of e-portfolio was very influential on students in collecting assignments. The results also show that the teacher's perception of e-portfolio assessment through Google Sites is very influential on students to increase students’ enthusiasm for learning.

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assessment, e-portfolio, EFL students, recount text, google sites

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