Tesis
Project-based language learning (pjbll) on efl students’ speaking ability and vocabulary mastery / Maharani Kristanti
Abstrak
Vocabulary is a critical component of language knowledge and people with a good vocabulary mastery tend to speak more fluently. One of the teaching approaches to achieve this goal is Project-Based Language Learning (PjBLL). PjBLL is an effective teaching approach for enhancing students speaking ability and vocabulary mastery due to its meaningful and engaging context authentic practice collaboration and higher-order thinking skills. It can lead to deeper learning by studying the latest issues and better retention of vocabulary and speaking skills. PjBLL is a teaching approach that involves students working on a project or task to solve real-world problems. This study aimed at knowing whether there is a significant difference of using PjBLL towards the EFL students rsquo speaking ability and vocabulary mastery and knowing the students rsquo perspectives of PjBLL use. This study used an explanatory mixed-method research design where quantitative data were described further by qualitative data. The instruments were speaking and vocabulary tests and an interview guide. The participants of this study were 26 EFL students from one class of one public university in Malang. The results of the study showed that there was a significant difference of using PjBLL towards the EFL students rsquo speaking ability and vocabulary mastery. Moreover the students also saw PjBLL as an interesting new experience since they were given more opportunities to speak in the target language they were more confident moreover their speaking ability and vocabulary mastery were improved. In other words PjBLL was effective in teaching speaking and vocabulary. Based on the findings of the current study it is suggested that future researchers conduct similar studies with bigger number of sample since this study only involved one class participant longer time to give PjBLL treatment and random sampling technique instead of the purposive one to draw more general conclusion with more samples.