101 their friends, but also their lecturers as facilitators, and the selection of tasks or
projects which can promote students interests as well as skills. The last implication applies for English teachers or lecturers who consider
implementing project-based learning in their learning setting. They could make use the participants’ shared experiences in this study to encounter the potential
challenges in learning through projects. Therefore, lessons learned from this study is expected to be beneficial to not only the ELS students and the ELS lecturers, but
also for lecturers and student coming from other study programs.
C. Recommendations
The findings of this study benefitted the research participants, as the ELS students, in forming a habit in doing reflection which would enable them to self-
actualize themselves both in their learning strategies as well as in their life. By having a reflective habit formation, they would have sharper goals in their life and
be able to self-actualize themselves. On the other hand, the audience might use the description and interpretation of the lived experience in this study to gain more
information and to understand how the project-based learning in the classroom is carried out.
Furthermore, the findings of this study might help the lecturers in the graduate program in ELS improve their teaching strategies when using projects to
their students by giving feedbacks or inputs to the students so that the students can improve their learning process and the implementation of this learning approach
can be better improved in the future. In addition, the use of project-based learning approach can be a means to provide better learning opportunities which extend
beyond the classroom and accommodate learners’ various learning styles.
102 Additionally, future researchers might examine the perceptions of the ELS
students of project based learning. A study on the effectiveness of using projects in learning English might also be conducted. In addition, future researchers might
conduct the same research which focuses on the lecturers’ lived experience in teaching by using project-based learning approach. They could reveal how the
lecturers’ give meanings to the phenomenon.
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