An investigation on the implementation of project based learning in ELT

Due to technological developments and as a result of globalization, importance of information has increasingly changed in the last era. Since education is the primary tool for knowledge and information, these changes have also reflected education systems drastically. As a consequence of these changes, traditional education methods, although still used, lost their efficiency gradually. Therefore, new methods in education emerged due to the new expectations. One of these methods is the project based learning which is a widely used method in teaching and learning processes. Present study aims to investigate English teachers' and students' views towards project based learning. At the end of the study, it was found out that, in Project Based Learning, teachers and students, the two indispensable part of education, do not have sufficient knowledge and competence, and as a consequence, Project Based Learning is not applied so efficiently as to catch up with the necessities of this age of speed. Key words: Project, project based learning, English education