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interesting approach to be implemented on their environmental learning. They were also afraid that the students might not consider projects as a serious learning
because they have set their mind that teachers are their knowledge provider and textbook is their knowledge source.
The results of the researches conducted by several experts above inspire the researcher to conduct the research on PBL. The researcher found PBL in
Sociolinguistics course in ELESP Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta. The researcher is eager to know how PBL is implemented in Sociolinguistics class and
the students’ perception on PBL which is implemented in their learning environment. The researcher is eager to find out whether the positive and negative
perceptions that the researcher reviewed on the experts’ researches can also be found in this research.
Robin 2001 states that perception is important to be investigated because it determines people’s behavior toward something. According to Gibson 1985,
people tend to have good responses if they have positive perceptions and vice versa. Thus, knowing the students’ perception on PBL in Sociolinguistics class
will make us able to analyze whether PBL is good or beneficial for educational environment.
B. Research Problems
This research is about the students perception on project-based learning method implemented in Sociolinguistics Class in ELESP Sanata Dharma
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University. There are two research problems that the researcher wants to reveal in this research. They are:
1. How is Project-Based Learning PBL implemented in the Sociolinguistics
Class? 2.
What is the students’ perception on PBL implemented in Sociolinguistics class?
C. Problem Limitation
In this research, the researcher limits the scope of perception based on Gibson 1985 theories which defines perception as a process of observing,
influencing, evaluating, interpreting, and responding. Here, the researcher is going to do a research on how the students of Sociolinguistics class observe, is
influenced, evaluate, interpret, and respond to PBL implemented in their class. The PBL method is used for the final project for the final examination of
Sociolinguistics class. The lecturer allows the students of this class to find their own topic, define their own problems of the project, solve their problems and
make the products of their project in the form of presentation and paper. The topic that the students have to choose must be related to the Sociolinguistics topics they
have got before they are asked to make a group project.
D. Research Objectives
The objectives of this study are to know how the PBL is implemented Sociolinguistics class from the preparation, implementation, until the evaluation
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of PBL and to know what perception the students have toward PBL implemented in their class.
E. Research Benefits
This research is beneficial for: 1.
Educational Worlds By conducting this research, the writer attempts to give contribution in
education world. This research is going to find out the students’ perception of project-based learning method implemented in the Sociolinguistics class. If the
students have a positive perception on PBL they experienced, it means that PBL is one of the learning methods that is suitable for teaching a linguistic class.
However, if the perception shows negative result, it can be drawn up that PBL is a teaching method that is not really suitable for teaching linguistic class.
2. Lecturers or Educators
Lecturer can analyze if this method is suitable with the characteristics of the students they teach. If they think it is suitable then this research may inspire them
to have the same method of teaching. If they think it is not really suitable then they can modify this method of teaching based on the students’ characteristics and
needs. 3.
Future Researches Future researchers can investigate the same teaching method but with
different subject of research. If this research investigated the Sociolinguistics class, the other researchers can probably investigate the other subjects, such as
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public speaking class, extensive reading class, and the other subjects that use PBL as one of the teaching method.
F. Definition of Terms
