Bu çalışmanın amacı, ?çocuklara yabancı dil öğretiminde proje tabanlı öğrenmenin faydaları?nın İngilizce derslerindeki başarı düzeyinin araştırılmasıdır. Bu çalışma aynı zamanda, çocukların yaparak öğrendikleri şeyleri unutmadıklarının gösterilmesi için bir fırsattır. Bu çalışma, deney ve kontrol grupları olmak üzere toplam 29 öğrenci üzerinde yürütülmüştür. Konu, deney grubunda proje yapılarak, kontrol grubunda ise geleneksel öğretim kullanılarak anlatılmıştır. Öğretim faaliyetleri araştırmacı tarafından yürütülmüştür. Her iki grup da uygulama başında ön-test, uygulama sonunda ise sontest ile değerlendirilmiştir ve veriler t-testi ile analiz edilmiştir. İlk bölümde, çalışma ile ilgili ön bilgi, çalışmanın amacı, problemin belirlenmesi ve çalışmada kullanılan metot belirlenmiştir.
The purpose of this study is to investigate `the use of project based learning in teaching young learners? achievement level in English lessons. This study also provides an opportunity to show that the students do not forget the things they learn by doing. The study has been carried out on two groups, experimental and control, including 29 students. In the experimental group, the lesson has been taught by doing project, and the teacher has taught the unit by using traditional teaching methods in the control group. Teaching activities have been carried out by the researcher. Both of the groups have been pre-tested at the beginning and post-tested at the end of the study and the data has been analysed by t-test. In the first chapter, the general background to the study, the goal and scope of the study, the statement of the problem and method of the study are introduced. The next chapter gives information about the characteristics of young learners, Child?s Language Environment, Child?s Learning Styles, Child?s Learning Strategies, and Language Development in Child. Namely, this chapter allows knowing about the young learners. The third chapter includes the child?s acqusition stages, English teaching methods and four basic language skills. Fourth chapter mentions about the new trends in ?Teaching English to Young Learners?, and ?Multiple Intelligence?. In the fifth chapter, what is PBL and the importance of Project based learning and how it works in class is introduced. In the sixth chapter, the experimental study is explained and the results of the study are given through the interpretation of tables. In the concluding section, the summary, findings and suggestions are presented.
