This study investigates washback effects on the learning portfolio of university students. The washback effects were explored using a questionnaire and interviews with two groups. The results were as follows. First, although learning portfolios have no effects on English learning purpose, other areas (English learning activities, language skills and language knowledge, and perception of assessment system) experienced partial washback effects. Second, there were significant changes and differentiation in each language skill(reading, writing and listening) and significant partial changes in English knowledge (vocabulary). Third, overall, learners preferred the traditional result-oriented assessment system to a process-oriented assessment system like a learning portfolio, despite that two groups have no differences in perception of assessment systems between the process-oriented assessment and product-oriented assessment system. Fourth, learners showed mixed opinions in the interviews: embarrassment from unfamiliar learning portfolio assessments and expectation of novelty. That is, although learners obtained their passive learning attitudes from the pre-existing instruction methods, they appreciated the merits and importance of learning portfolio assessment. Therefore, this study suggests that the washback effects of learning portfolio can be implemented for university students carefully.

This study was to inspect how the portfolio assessment in physical education classes affects the learning attitude and the improvement of motor skills. The experimental group of 40 students utilized the portfolio assessment and the control group of 40 students were tested with a traditional assessment. A test paper on learning attitude and a measure on assessment of motor skills was estimated of reliability and validity. After a vaulting horse-rolling instructions were practiced 11 sessions for 4 weeks that the experimental group were tested with portfolio assessment. The control group were tested with traditional assessment. Each group took a posttest about learning attitude and motor skills. The collected data through the posttest were analyzed with t-test. The findings of this study could be listed as follows; First, the learning attitude of experimental group using the portfolio assessment was better than the control group, and the difference was significant statistically. Second, the motor skills of experimental group using the portfolio assessment were better than the control group, and the difference was significant statistically.