The Use of Project Work to Promote Students’ Motivation toward English Class among 10 Graders of State Senior High School 1 Purworejo

摘要

This classroom action research aimed at using project work to promote the students’ motivation toward English class among 10 graders of State Senior High School 1 Purworejo in the Regency of Purworejo. udThis research employed Kemmis & McTaggart’s model with two cycles. The subjects of the research were 10 graders of State Senior High School 1 Purworejo in the academic year of 2010/2011. The objects of this research were the project work and the students’ motivation toward English class. The data in this research were collected through observations, field notes, and interviews. The data of the research were in the forms of qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were the observation records, interview records, field notes, students’ notes and photographs. udThe data were analyzed through the reduction of data, display of data, and conclusion. The quantitative data were in the students’ scores from the questionnaire on motivation. The average scores of the preliminary test, first cycles’ test and the second cycle’s test were compared to see the progress made by the students on their motivation.udThe results of the research showed that the use of project work promoted 80% of the students to have a high motivation toward English class on their attitudes, desires, and efforts in learning English. The results of the research were as follows. 1) The use of project work as a teaching technique changed the attitudes of students to be more proactive in English class. They found that learning English through project work was interesting and challenging. 2) The use of project work as a teaching technique promoted the effort of the students in mastering English. The students became active participants in practicing English in real life context. 3) Use of project work promoted the desire of students in learning English. 4) Project work also promoted the students' innovative, communicative and cooperative abilities. udThe results of the analysis of the questionnaire on motivation showed that project work promoted the students’ motivation. In the preliminary test, it was found that ud9.38% of students had low motivation, 59.38% of students had fair motivation, and 31.25% of the students had high motivation. Therefore, it was concluded that project work improved the students' motivation toward English class among 10 graders in State Senior High School 1 Purworejo.