The European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL) is a document intended for students undergoing their initial teacher education which encourages them to reflect on the didactic knowledge and skills necessary to teach languages, helps them to assess their own didactic competences and enables them to monitor their progress and to record their experiences of teaching during the course of their teacher education.
The EPOSTL consists of three main sections:
— a personal statement section, to help students at the beginning about to begin their teacher education to reflect on general questions related to teaching
— a self-assessment section, which contains lists of ‘can-do’ descriptors relating to didactic competences
— a dossier, in which students can document progress and record examples of work relevant to their teacher education and their future profession.
The EPOSTL also includes a glossary of terms and a users’ guide.