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Communication Skills Promotion In Senior High School English Classroom Through Online Project Based Learning

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Abstract

This study investigated the implementation of online project based learning (PBL) in promotion students’ communication skills. It is aimed to describe students’ communication skills with others as one of the Four C’s skills in 21st of Century Skills. The subject are six students of private Senior High School in Surabaya. The data described in this study are in the form of students’ communication skills in the process of doing the project which were taken from WhatSapp group communication. The results indicated that PBL mostly well received by students. This provides valuable communication opportunities between students in the group especially in communication skills. Students considered they had benefits from the opportunities to take greater control of their learning, though they also found some problems in collaboration with others. The article provides recommendations that would help teachers to implement online PBL in their online classroom.

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The author (s) declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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  • Submitted
    1 June 2021
  • Revised
    10 July 2021
  • Published
    13 February 2021