Exploring Vietnamese Students' Attitude Towards Project Works in Enhancing Autonomous Learning in English Speaking Class
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autonomous learning, project works, students' attitude, education
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The study was conducted with two objectives: (1) to investigate students' attitude towards the use of project works (PWs) to enhance their autonomous learning in an English speaking class; and (2) to figure out to what extent students believe that using PW can enhance their autonomous learning. Involved in this study were 81 conveniently selected students from Vien Dong college, Vietnam. An open-ended questionnaire, semi-structured interview and class observation were employed as research instruments for the quantitative and qualitative data collection. Descriptive statistics as mean score (M) and percentages were used to analyze and explain the data. The results revealed that the students have positive attitudes towards project work implementation in an English speaking class that may have enhanced their autonomous learning. Nonetheless, using project works' evaluation as one of the criteria for course assessment is a controversial issue among these students. In addition, students' interest in utilizing information technology devices is remarked as one of the significant findings in this study.
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