THE PROJECT-BASED LEARNING APPROACH IN TEACHING ENGLISH AT THE TERTIARY LEVEL OF EDUCATION: CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE

Nasleđe 53 (2022), str. 111-127

AUTOR(I): Snežana M. Zečević

E-ADRESA: snezana.zecevic@pr.ac.rs

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DOI: 10.46793/NasKg2253.111Z

SAŽETAK:

Project-based learning has become an inevitable part of teaching English since it is regarded as a contemporary educational concept that enables the purposeful use of language. The main aim of the paper was to investigate the effectiveness of the use of this approach for improv- ing the English language, which was done in the following ways: 1) by assessing the test results concerning language systems (vocabulary and grammar) and skills (reading, listening, speaking, writing), before and after the use of the project-based learning approach, and 2) by map- ping students’ attitudes concerning  the  usefulness of  this approach for improving language systems (vocabulary and grammar) and skills (reading, listening, speaking, writing). The quantitative research was conducted on a sample comprising 30 first-year students at the Depart- ment of English Language and Literature at the Faculty of Philoso-  phy in Kosovska Mitrovica. The data were gathered by means of the upper-intermediate English tests and a designed questionnaire. They were analysed by applying adequate procedures for statistical data analysis of the SPSS 20.0 program. The results indicate the successful use of project work for improving the English language. In this respect, they provide the basis on which to justify its relevance..

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project-based learning, the English language, language systems, language skills

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