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2. The Method in Service Program Design SPD Class
Service Program Design SPD class is an important class in English Language Education Study Program. That class teaches the ELESP students to
have good habit to work in the real working world. The students join a lot of activities that help them to build their good character. ELESP students also get
meaningful assignments that help them to improve their abilities through the direct experiences with their friends in the class. The activities in SPD class are
related to Project-based Learning and Cooperative Language Learning. The definition of Project-based Learning and Cooperative Language Learning would
be explained as follows:
a. Project-based Learning
ELESP students will be guided to develop their good character through a lot of activities in SPD class. There are some projects given by the lecturer
in SPD class because SPD class used project-based learning. Project-based learning PBL is a model that organizes learning around projects Thomas
and John, 2000, p.1. “Projects are complex tasks. It based on challenging questions or problems, involve students in design, problem-solving, decision
making, or investigative activities” Jones, Rasmussen, Moffit, 1997, in Thomas John, 2000, p.2.
Project-based learning is the instructional model based on the real-word issues that students get. They decide the ways to face the problem and
cooperate in creating problem solution Bender, 2012, p.1. According to Krauss and Boss 2013, project-
based learning refers to the students‟ PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
11 experience of the learning. Students gain important knowledge, skills, and
disposition. In PBL, the teacher builds open-ended questions that will be investigated by the students. Those
questions build students‟ curiosity and drive them to inquiry. PBL uses higher-order thinking includes theorizing,
investigating, analyzing, creating, and drawing unique conclusions. Project has the function that serve: inventing, entertaining, persuading, motivating,
and inspiring.
b. Cooperative Language Learning
Service Program Design SPD lecturer always familiarizes the ELESP students with the positive activities that bring positive atmosphere in
the class. According to Olsen and Kagan, cooperative learning is a group learning activity organized so that learning depends on the socially structure
that helps the students to exchange the information that they have in group. They also become responsible for each opinion that they have that motivate to
increase the learning for the other students cited in Richards and Rodgers, 2001, p. 192.
3. Learning Outcomes
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