STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECT BASED LEARNING IN ENTERPRENEURSHIP CLASS

Abstract

Project based learning is teaching method that offer learner autonomy and freedom to be
enggaged with their le arning activity. From that also the learner can learn their
language (L2) by doing their project conciously or unconciously.Project-based
learning was suceed to be implemented in the class of enterpreneurship class. In this
project, 62 students were divided into 31 pairs and asked to do the project on
building their own bussiness. The bussiness should be based on language skills. The
data were collected mainly from students’ essays, writen at the end of semester, on
the advantages and disadvantages of using project-based learning in classroom. The
data were then analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. The quantitative
analysis was first used for assessing the responses obtained from the essays; and
secondly, the qualitative analysis provided the evaluation and interpretation of the
figures. The results showed that most students appreciated the use of PBL in the
classroom because the method made them to be more independent in learning of how
to teach using English and use their talent in creating bussiness.Beside this also
evoke the students willingness to do their project in creating bussiness, English
courses.
Keywords: project, teaching and learning method, enterpreneursihp, bussiness