On September 15th 2021, the online seminar entitled “A Survey on English-majored Students’ Evaluation of Project-based Learning at Vietnam National University of Agriculture” was presented by Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy – a senior lecturer of Department of Professional English, Faculty of Education & Foreign Languages.
Project-based learning “is thought to be an activity which promotes CO-OPERATIVE LEARNING, reflects the principles of STUDENT CENTERED TEACHING, and promotes language learning through using the language for authentic communicative purpose” (Richards, et al., 1992, p. 296). This instructional approach has been implemented to teach English-majored students at Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA) for the past few years. Therefore, this study aims to find out how 79 third-year English majors evaluated the implementation of project-based learning (PBL) in learning English-American Literature in semester 2, academic year 2020-2021 via two research instruments such as a survey questionnaire (with 16 closed questions and 2 open-ended questions) and an interview form (with 9 closed questions and 1 open-ended question).
The results of the study show that all third-year English-majored students have a positive attitudes towards PBL activities as they enjoyed learning through discovery and sharing ideas with their peers in pair work and/or group work activities. The survey also reveals that most of the students have improved their participation in learning English, presentation skills, critical thinking, problem solving and language acquisition and performance.
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