ELT in Focus
Vol. 4 No. 2 (2021): ELT in Focus

Improving Students’ Ability to Develop ESP Materials Using Project-Based Learning Approach

Suharyanto (Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta)
Ahmad Prasetyo (Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta)
Luluk Lutfiyah (Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
09 Jan 2022

Abstract

English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course is taught to students of English Education Department, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta. One of the aims of this course is to prepare the students to be able in designing specific course and materials for targeted students from various background and occupation. Since the pandemic, the teaching and learning process in UMS has been focused on being online both synchronous and asynchronous, including ESP course. Students are required to be able to study independently and look for learning resources beyond what has been conveyed by the lecturers. In delivering the material, teacher mostly used virtual meetings or through learning videos shared in Learning Management System. With the large number of students in the ESP class, the interaction between lecturers and students is very limited. To overcome this situation, researcher used Project Based Learning (PBL) in conducting the teaching and learning process. The project focused on designing the ESP materials for specific targeted students. The result showed that project-based learning approach is able to facilitate students to be able to improve their ability in designing the ESP materials during this pandemic situation.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ELTINFOCUS

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

ELT in Focus is an academic journal published by English education program, Universitas Singaperbangsa Karawang undergraduate school in Karawang regent,West Java, Indonesia. It is a biannual journal published in January and July. It is a freely accessible, full text, peer-reviewed journal allowing ...