A 'Project-based Learning with Multimedia’ approach in teaching a TESL course

Abstract

How can lecturers at institutes of higher learning incorporate the ICT component effectively into their teaching? This paper offers an acquiescent means of achieving that through a project-based approach to teaching with a touch of ICT based on an Intel® Teach Program. A project entitled "Improving Oral English Proficiency among Secondary School Students" was assigned to fifty TESL students at UMS. As future English Language teachers in secondary schools, they carried out a series of tasks, such as designing a questionnaire, conducting a survey in schools, reporting findings, preparing a proposal, and conducting a classroom speaking activity. The ICT support was utilised in creating student multimedia presentations, publications, web page, web site and evaluation tools. The Intel® Teach Program also provided templates for planning the entire project and production of student and teacher support materials. This paper provides clear evidence that instructors can make creative use of technology to impart knowledge to their students and engage them in learning.