The research was conducted to find out the actual washback of portfolio assessment in reading, students‟ perception to portfolio assessment and how students‟ make use of the portfolio assessment. This research employed qualitative approach which case study as the design. The participants involved in this study were 20 students from English department at university of Muhammadiyah So…

Alternative assessment is an assessment that is able to measure students’ larger dimension of language learning compared to traditional assessment. However, in practices many teachers are prone to use traditional assessment based on consideration that it is practical and efficient. On the other hand, traditional assessment is unable to measure students’ dimension in language learning inste…