IMPLEMENTING PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING IN SPEAKING CLASS

Problem-based Learning (PBL) as one of the teaching method, as we know, is pioneered by medical schools program. In Universitas Padjadjaran in Bandung-Indonesia, where the present writer teaches, Medicine Faculty is the first faculty which applies this pedagogy. Actually, the pedagogy has been adapted by other faculties today. Faculty of Letters, especially in English and Russian departments, has implemented already this pedagogy, since 2007. The present writer, in this article, tries to share her experience in teaching Speaking Class in English department by implementing PBL pedagogy.