65 students believed that those three important points were needed to improve a better
group presentation project for enhancing their independent learning.
B. Recommendations
After presenting the conclusions of the research, the researcher recommends several things related to this research. The recommendations are intended for the
English Language Education Study Program students, English Language Education Study Program lecturers and future researchers.
1. For English Language Education Study Program Students
This research provides some suggestions for the students of the English Language Education Study Program, especially in Sanata Dharma University. The
students are often to do group presentation project in their learning process that is assigned by their lecturers nowadays. It is recommended that in doing group
presentation project, the students should give more active contribution in their groups as well as learn on their own. They can read a lot to find out information about the
topic discussed in group. They should share their knowledge in group and learn by themselves again. Despite their cooperation in group, their own effort of studying
independently is also needed as the preparation for the presentation project in group. As a result,
students’ independent learning can be enhanced through the process of doing group presentation project.
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2. For English Language Education Study Program Lecturers
Lecturers become one of the essential parts in a teaching and learning process in the university. Nowadays, lecturers often assign their students a group project
like discussion and presentation. It is known that the project is intended to make the students learn by themselves. The students can learn with their friends together.
Moreover, it is also hoped that the students can learn more independently because they need to find information on their own and process the knowledge. Based on the
research findings, to make the students become more independent in learning through doing group presentation project, the researcher recommends that the
lecturers should give more attention to their students. It would be better if the lecturers provide peer feedback for the students to maintain student
s’ cooperation in group. Additionally, the lecturers can also instruct each student to give evaluation of
their friends ’ work and contribution in group. After presentation is finished, the
lecturers can ask each student to give point or mark to their group members on a piece of paper. The names of each member according to their groups are written in
the papers and it would be submitted. Lastly, the lecturers can tell and remind their students that it is allowed to have consultation on their group project.
3. For Future Researchers
This research i s about students’ perceptions on group presentation project to
enhance students’ independent learning. The researcher realizes that this research
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future researchers. The future researchers may conduct research related to the lecturers’ perceptions on the use of group presentation project for improving
students’ independent learning, evaluation of doing group presentation project by the students, the influence of the media used in doing group presentation project,
how the process of doing group presentation project can influence students’
independent learning, the effects of group presentation project for students’
achievement, another learning strategy which may influence students’ independent
learning. The future researchers can also use other instruments like observation, questionnaire and interview to gather the data.
