THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECT-BASED LEARNING IN TEYL CLASS AT ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF UNIVERSITY OF NUSANTARA PGRI KEDIRI
Author (Penulis)
WAHYU SAHRONI
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri
Author Identity (NPM)
13.1.01.08.0095
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Students in university level should have basic competencies – one of them is creativity and innovation – to face many problems, especially in education system, which occurs in the 21st Century. In the development of Teaching English for Young Learners (TEYL) recently, an appropriate a course-book as teacher’s guidance does not available to be used. TEYL is a subject in English Education Department, UN PGRI Kediri, expected the students to create a final product in the form of course-book. Project-Based Learning used as teaching model in order to give a chance for the students to build these qualities – problem-solver, corporate with others, critical thinking, and having good communication –. TEYL has an aim to prepare the students to be designer and developer material. The researcher tries to observe and describe the following aspects: (1) The product is created by the students; (2) The process of creating the product; (3) The lecturer’s roles during the implementation of Project-Based Learning in TEYL class.
In this research, the researcher used a case study of qualitative research approach. Observation, documentation, and interview are used as instruments to collect the data. The data had already collected from observation in the form of field-notes and video recording. Also, to support and complete the data the researcher conducted interview to some students and lecturer.
The product created by the students was course-book that contained manual activities for teaching young learners. Project-Based Learning (PBL) was used as teaching model in order to create the students’ final product. In this case, the lecturer played important role during the process of creating the final product.
Keyword: The Implementation of PBL, TEYL, Project-Based Learning