The Attitudes of Ethnic Minority Students towards Project Based Learning in MOET’S 2018 General Education English Curriculum
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project-based learning, ethnic minority students, boarding school, English 10Abstract
This study aimed to examine the attitudes of ethnic minority students towards project-based learning (PBL) and discover the obstacles they encountered while dealing with this method. The participants in this study were 235 ethnic minority students in grade 10 of two boarding schools in Lam Dong province. The author employed a questionnaire and a semi-structured interview to collect data in this study. Then, quantitative data was processed using SPSS software, while qualitative data was recorded for content analysis. Research results indicated that most ethnic minority students in grade 10 at two boarding schools expressed a positive attitude towards PBL. At the same time, the students also stated several obstacles they encountered while dealing with this method, such as project time constraints, uncooperativeness among group members, digital skills shortage, and limited budget. The author hoped that the early findings of this research would be beneficial to the development of the quality of English learning through this study in two boarding schools in particular and in other high schools in Vietnam in general.
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