Creating English Student Book Through Project Based Learning in TEYL Subject

Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL) is not new in Indonesia. Many elementary schools provide English as an extra subject. The schools which apply this program must provide the facilities, such as the English teacher, the curriculum, the instructional materials, etc. because the government does not provide the guidelines which usually can be found in the content standard. This is a challenge for English Department students of teacher training college to facilitate them with knowledge and skills in TEYL. They include how to plan, how to select the material, how to teach, and how to evaluate. Therefore, this study aims at answering the questions: 1) How is the application of Project Based Learning to create English student Book in TEYL subject at University of Nusantara PGRI Kediri? and 2) How is the results of the application of Project Based Learning to create English student book in TEYL subject at University of Nusantara PGRI Kediri? This is the application of Lesson Study to improve the quality of teaching learning process in TEYL subject. It employed the following steps: Plan, Do, and See. To carry out the study, the writer worked with a lecturer and a student as the observers. The results show that Project Based Learning can help the students of Nusantara PGRI Kediri not only create English Student Book but also make a plan of TEYL, and select the materials as well as the appropriate techniques.