major issues concerning the implementation of the project. As shown in Table 1, the
implementation-related issues include presentation schedule, balance of language
and content used in the project, students’ language skills preparation, and project
recommendation. Some students (e.g., students of Group 3) thought that the
presentations should not have been scheduled in the final week because the students
had to do presentations in other classes as well. Due to time constraints, students
of Group 5 felt dissatisfied with their project. Regarding the balance of language
and content learning, the students believed that they used both language skills and
content knowledge to carry out their project. Some were surprised by their own
ability to find information and do their presentation in English. However, one group
of students was not confident with their language in doing their presentation. They
preferred some lessons to prepare them to do a presentation in English. Finally, most
students thought that the interdisciplinary-based project should be retained in the
English course because it was appropriate and useful for them.
Table 1: Examples of Interview Data on Implementation-Related Issues
Issues Interview Data Examples
Presentation schedule G3: “We had a lot of works and many other assignments from
different courses to do.”
G5: “We’re not happy with it. We didn’t have much time to
prepare and rehearse. There were a lot of assignments to do.”
Balance of language
and content
G2: “We did the project from what we have studied: Information
Science. We use it in our daily lives.”
G7: “We applied our IT knowledge in the project.”
G11: “Doing the final project like this is useful because content
knowledge we learned could be applied in this project.”
Language skills
preparation
G1: “Our presentation level is moderate….there should be
lessons in advance.”
Project
recommendation
G3: “Yes, I think it’s beneficial and applicable. It relates to what
we have studied.”
G6: “I think it’s appropriate because you can apply it from your
background knowledge: Information Science and present it
in English.”
G8: “We intended to do the presentation at our best. We were
so proud.”
G9: “I think there should be a report to hand in…. Slides and the
report should be combined. There is limitation of time in
presentation. If the report consisting of scripts is included, it
might be clearer.”
Note: G stands for Group. For example, G1 represents interview data from Group 1; G2
represents interview data from Group 2.