cxx grammatical pattern are beneficial for the students in conveying meaning in
speaking activity.
c. Project work can develop students’ ability in answering questions
The findings shows that project work can develop students‘ ability in
answering questions. Project work fosters the ability of asking and answering questions as the two phases of project work, namely preparation for the project
and language focus, are coloured by the activity of asking and answering questions. Asking and answering questions are conducted either between the
teacher and students or among the students. From the teaching and learning process, the common person to elicit questions is the teacher. Fried-Booth
1986:6 states that teacher asks questions in the following phases: a giving learners exposures to topic-related talk planning; b monitoring and checking
students‘ understanding about the project carrying out the project; and c checking students‘ understanding after the project reviewing and monitoring the
work. The students ‘ ability in answering question is developed through all those
phases.
d Project work can improve collaboration among friends
Project work activity improves the collaboration among friends effectively. In designing the project work, the students were involved in every
activity. They discussed the topics, arranged the steps, reported the process of project work and responded to every activity done in the project work. By so
doing, the intensity of the students in the activity increased very well. Students
cxxi will acquire collaborative skills through working in a team to achieve common
goals. Project work acquires skills like collaboration, communication, and
independent. Collaboration is an essential aspect of project work for several
reasons. First, collaboration helps develop learning communities in which students feel comfortable for developing new ideas and raising questions about
the material. Collaboration
enhances communication skills and students‘ ability to manage group dynamics. Finally, collaboration is interesting
and motivating for students because they become
actively involved in the work and are held accountable
for their actions by group members.
2. The improvement of classroom atmosphere a. Project work activity makes the classroom atmosphere more alive
Project work makes the class more alive by the application of various activities during the teaching and learning process. Activities such as describing
the components of a computer, making dialogue, listening to the tape recorder, describing process of assembling the CPU, laying out of the text, designing a web
are interesting and, therefore, motivating the students to use the language. To support the teaching and learning process, the students‘ activities were
guided by worksheet and the use of media, either in the form of visual media or audio media. The visual media applied in the research were in the form of picture
and real objects. During the research, the researcher used recording material was
implemented in Cycle two and three. The purpose of using the recording material
cxxii was giving language exposure to the students. It is one form of input in project
work besides reading texts. The use of recording material is suggested in language class because it
can increase someone‘s attention and awareness to the sound or speech pattern in receiving process; and preceding them through identification.
b. Project work activity can increase students’ participation in the speaking
