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B. PROBLEM LIMITATION
There are four language skills which are important for adult learners. However, speaking plays an important role for them because when they have good
speaking skill, they will be able to have good communication especially when they want to get work abroad or with foreigner. For adult learners, speaking takes
the important role because it keeps them in communication as relationship, or negotiations Hedge 2000. Speaking is one of four skills in English which needs
to be improved through some practices. Because spoken language has characteristic of spontaneity in which the planning time for speaking is severely
limited, the students need to do more practice to make their speaking more natural Thornburry, 2005: 2. As the way to have speaking habits, the three stages of
learning including presentation, practice, and production PPP can also be applied. It is not only good for grammar learning but also appropriate for
speaking. The term presentation or modeling is also known as awareness-raising which then leads to production which is also known as autonomy.
In addition, there are also numerous kinds of media which can be used in promoting learner autonomy and speaking skill. The media as part of project-
based learning can be created by the students not only to improve their language skill but also to increase their learner autonomy. From many kinds of projects that
can be done by the students, this study will only focus more on the use of video project in promoting students‟ English speaking skill and learner autonomy. The
researcher also researches English speaking skill of the fourth semester of nursing students in STIKES Surya Global Yogyakarta because the syllabus of the fourth
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semester focuses on speaking more than the syllabus of the other semester which focuses on the other language skills.
C. PROBLEM FORMULATION
This study is conducted to find the answers of the formulated research questions as follows:
1. Is video project effective to promote nursing students‟ speaking skill?
2. How does video project promote learner autonomy of nursing students?
D. RESEARCH GOALS
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