Media Production for Project-Based Learning in British Literary Modernism Course: A Collaborative Classroom

Узданица XXI II (2024) (стр. 233-247)

АУТОР(И) / AUTHOR(S): Tijana V. Parezanović

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DOI: 10.46793/Uzdanica21.2.233P

САЖЕТАК / ABSTRACT:

This paper deals with the possibilities offered by project-based learning in an English literature classroom at university level in a non-English-speaking country. Describing a project carried out in Autumn 2019, whose final result was a students’ periodical, the paper aims to explore how the production of this type of media relates to the acquisition of literary, language, computer, and transferable skills. In achieving this aim, qualitative research was conducted during the semester in which the project was implemented, focusing on the observation of students’ independent research, their written production in English, and participation in team work, as well as on several group conversations and the answers provided by the students in a survey. The obtained results indicate that projects based on the production of media in a literature classroom can be beneficial to students’ literary skills, such as the ability to analyse, synthesise, and employ critical thinking, as well as to their confidence in using the English language. Additionally, the benefits of collaboration among the students in the learning process are emphasised as one of the major conclusions of this research.         

КЉУЧНЕ РЕЧИ / KEYWORDS:

English literature classroom, literary modernism, project-based learning, media production, collaborative learning, students’ journal.

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