El portafolio: estrategia para evaluar la producción escrita en inglés por parte de estudiantes universitarios

this paper proposes the use of the portfolio as a strategy to assess writing skills in english in university students. the proposal is a response, basically, to the lack of innovation in assessment procedures at universities, the rigidna ture of this area, and a poor participation of students in their ownlearning process in efl. therefore, a qualitative case study has been conducted in the field of written production as well as a thorough research with venezuelan experts in the use of the portfolio. finally, a comparison among experiences, both ours and experts？, allowed us to conclude about the potential and the impact that portfolios have as strategies to assess writing skills.