Using portfolios in instructing independent activities outside the classroom by beginner level students of Japanese

-an analysis on student's objective setting and self-assessment-

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze portfolios of project work activities outside the classroom by beginner level students of Japanese and to investigate how they choose their activities based on their objectives and evaluate them. The result shows that experiencing various activities made the students confident in speaking Japanese and led to positive influence on their motivation to improve their linguistic abilities.