Project Based Learning in Teaching English Poetry

Tran Thi Hanh

School of Foreign Languages – Thai Nguyen University
Email: tranhanh.sfl@tnu.edu.vn
Mobile: 0979.583.789

ABSTRACT

English poems are extremely challenging to discover because they require students a
great deal of effort and motivation in learning. A number of studies have indicated that Project
Based Learning is one of the most effective ways to engage students and develop language
ability. Therefore, the researcher, in this study, would like to present a project which has been
carried out in an English Literature class at School of Foreign Languages – Thai Nguyen
University. The features of the project are described in details, and the author explains how those
features address the principal goals of Project-Based Learning. Furthermore, the implications of
such a project for meeting the “five C’s” of ACTFL’s (American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages) Standards for Foreign Language Learning, and for strengthening
enrollments in English Literature are also shown in the research.