The Audiobook Project Based Learning: An Approach Aimed at Improving Students’ English Reading Fluency

Since one of the objectives of the English in Focus (EIF) class was to help students improve their reading fluency, the research aimed to investigate the effects of an audiobook project on students’ reading fluency in the EIF class based on students’ perception. The participants were students from two EIF classes, for a total of eighty-three students. The investigation was conducted using a qualitative approach, and the data were gathered using a questionnaire. The questionnaire was divided into two parts: the first consisted of fifteen statements accompanied by a Likert scale, and the second contained two open-ended questions designed to collect more detailed information. Within 7 meetings, the audiobook implementation project was successfully finished. After finishing the audiobook project, the students’ reading fluency and experience were significantly enhanced, as demonstrated by the results of the research. During the course of working on the audiobook project, students were able to demonstrate correct intonation and articulation when reading English text, learned new words, and improved their ability to work together on the project by discussing it with the other members of their group. In conclusion, based on students’ perception, the research findings indicate that implementing an audiobook project to improve reading fluency is viable.