Project-based learning (PBL), though not a novel or revolutionary approach, plays a very important role in education in general and English teaching in particular. In this article, the author discusses the definitions and benefits of PBL. She also deals with the steps for implementing a PBL project and suggests several English learning projects for students of English. | VNU Journal of Science, Foreign Languages 27 (2011) 140-146 Project-based learning in teaching English as a foreign language Nguyen Thi Van Lam* Foreign Languages Department, Vinh University, Vietnam Received 10 June 2011 Abstract. Project-based learning (PBL), though not a novel or revolutionary approach, plays a very important role in education in general and English teaching in particular. In this article, the author discusses the definitions and benefits of PBL. She also deals with the steps for implementing a PBL project and suggests several English learning projects for students of English. Keywords: Project-based learning, project, English as a foreign language, English learning projects. 1. Introduction* a PBL project and suggests several language learning projects. Project-based learning has been investigated in a great number of studies on the global scale over the last decade, but the application of this approach to teaching English as a foreign language in Vietnam is still not popular. Project-based learning is a learning method which focuses on the learner; the teacher acts mainly as a facilitator and motivator. PBL emphasizes learning activities that are learnercentered and usually integrated with real world concerns. With a view to achieving great successes in teaching and learning under the credit-hour system, training workers of the twenty-first century standard, PBL is a beneficial approach to be applied at university in Vietnam. Aware of the importance of PBL, the author makes the best efforts to discuss the definitions and benefits of PBL in general and for university students of English in particular. She also deals with the steps for implementing 2. Definitions of Project-Based Learning Many definitions of project-based learning have been proposed by various authors. Moss and Van Duzer [1] define it as an instructional approach that contextualizes learning by presenting learners with problems to solve or products to develop. As is .
