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A case study on the role of project-based learning in improving university students’ speaking skills: From theory to practice
A case study on the role of project-based learning in improving university students’ speaking skills: From theory to practice

Author(s): Nguyen Thi Tu Trinh, Elena Schmitt
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning, Language acquisition, Higher Education , Pedagogy
Published by: Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Koninie
Keywords: project-based learning; English speaking skills; self-assessment;

Summary/Abstract: The aims of this paper are twofold: (1) to study the application of project-based learning ten-step process framework suggested by Alan and Stoller (2005) to boost English speaking ability of undergraduate students at the University of Da Nang, and (2) to investigate the levels of undergraduate students’ satisfaction. The subjects were 24 final year undergraduate engineering students at the university of Da Nang during the first semester of the 2019/2020 academic year. The instruments used in this experiment included lesson plans, a project evaluation form, a student’s self-assessment form, a satisfaction questionnaire and interviews

  • Issue Year: 8/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 53-64
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English