The Photovoice Project: Fostering Students' Autonomous, Collaborative, and Authentic Business/Engineering English Learning Experiences

Syauqiyah Awaliyah Alfiani NUR; S. Sabitha Shunmuga PRIYA; Sri Yulianti ARDININGTYAS

doi:10.31963/rial.v2i2.4869

Authors

Syauqiyah Awaliyah Alfiani NUR STIKES YAPIKA Makassar
S. Sabitha Shunmuga PRIYA KGiSL Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, INDIA
Sri Yulianti ARDININGTYAS STKIP YPUP Makassar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31963/rial.v2i2.4869

Keywords:

In vocational colleges, project-based learning is an instructional strategy for creating autonomous, collaborative, and authentic learning nuances. This article sheds light on how photovoice project fosters the students’ business English learning experien

Abstract

This perspective article elaborates an instructional approach to business English learning utilizing a photovoice project as a strategy to promote a real-world learning encounter. In professional and vocational colleges, project-based learning (PBL) is an instructional strategy for promoting autonomous, collaborative, and authentic learning nuances. This article sheds light on how photovoice project fosters the students’ technical and business English learning experiences. The project empowers students to take charge of their learning, work collaboratively, and engage in real-world business context. This paper presents the concept of photovoice, learners’ autonomy and collaboration towards photovoice, authentic business English learning encounters, technology-integrated photovoice, project evaluation, and case studies on photovoice project. On top of that, language teachers can utilize project-based photovoice as a valuable tool for promoting innovative and engaging business English learning activities, thus providing students with contextual-based learning environment and preparing them for the real business world. It also brings several implications: 1) for vocational English teachers, implementing photovoice projects offers a powerful tool to create innovative and engaging learning activities, 2) for students, these projects provide a contextualized learning environment that prepares them for the real business world by developing practical language skills and industry-specific knowledge, and institutions will benefit by fostering an educational approach that bridges classroom learning with real-world applications, thereby enhancing the overall quality and relevance of their programs.

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