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Empowering Vocational Students’ Literacy Skills through Project Based Learning

Authors
Arik Susanti, Anis Trisusana
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Available Online July 2018.
DOI
10.2991/soshec-18.2018.81How to use a DOI?
Keywords
literacy; project based learning; EFL
Abstract

Nowadays, Indonesia has been a part of the ASEAN Economic Community so that it requires human resources that are able to compete in the working world. Accordingly, it is expected that vocational high school students must have literacy skills in order to increase students’ competitiveness. However, the facts show that the students’ literacy skills are still low since the learning process is still theoretical and textbook oriented. Consequently, the learning process becomes less effective and efficient. This research focuses on using Project Based Learning to improve the students’ literacy skills. It is a learning method which can make the teaching and learning process become more meaningful for students. The research subjects are students from two vocational schools in rural and urban areas. The data collection methods include focus groups, semi-structured interviews, and observation. Quantitative analysis using percentage is used to analyze the gained data. The results of data analysis show the improvement of students’ literacy skills to help them to be successful in the 21st century global community and economy. Qualitative results show the perceptions of the most improved literacy skills.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd Social Sciences, Humanities and Education Conference: Establishing Identities through Language, Culture, and Education (SOSHEC 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
July 2018
ISBN
978-94-6252-585-6
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2352-5398
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10.2991/soshec-18.2018.81How to use a DOI?
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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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