The role of ELP and Self-assessment in Effective Language Learning

The present contribution reports on a project carried out at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, aimed at sensitising students towards their weaknesses and strengths, encouraging them, meanwhile, to take on responsibility for improving their own learning process, taking advantage of the European Language Portfolio (ELP). The project includes two phases and the present study is to be considered as a sort of sequel to a previous analysis described in Poppi and Radighieri (2007). After a detailed description of the various steps of the second phase of the project, the contribution will show the results of the preliminary survey described in Poppi and Radighieri (2007). A brief discussion will then follow, of some of the issues which are called to the fore when it comes to paving the way towards autonomy and self-evaluation. Finally, the data collected during the second phase of the project will be discussed.