SELF-DETERMINATION FACTORS IN SECONDARY FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION THROUGH PROJECT-BASED LANGUAGE LEARNING (PBLL)

Evangelia Tzagkourni; Christos Simos

doi:10.30574/gjeta.2026.29.1.0282

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SELF-DETERMINATION FACTORS IN SECONDARY FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION THROUGH PROJECT-BASED LANGUAGE LEARNING (PBLL)

Evangelia Tzagkourni ¹ and Christos Simos ^{2, *}

¹ Department of Preschool Education, University of Crete, Greece.
² Faculty of Social Theology and Religious Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Department of Greek Philology, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.
* Corresponding Author

Review Article

Global Journal of Engineering and Technology Advances, 2026, 29(01), 126–133

Article DOI: 10.30574/gjeta.2026.29.1.0282

DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/gjeta.2026.29.1.0282

Publication history

Received on 29 August 2026; revised on 02 October 2026; accepted on 05 October 2026

Abstract

The present study investigated the effect of a Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) intervention on the intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, self-efficacy, engagement and perceived autonomy/self-regulation of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students in two public General Upper Secondary Schools in Greece. The intervention was embedded in the official curriculum unit on fast fashion in the English course and integrated Information and Communication Technologies across three collaborative phases: a group text analysis, an individual poster creation and a structured debate in pairs. A total of 44 Grade 10 students completed a 20-item questionnaire, adapted from established instruments, after the intervention. The results showed that all five subscales yielded scores significantly above the midpoint, with engagement presenting the highest mean. The findings offer encouraging evidence that PBLL can positively foster motivation and self-regulation in the context of secondary foreign language education

Keywords

Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL), Information and Communication Technologies, English as a foreign language

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Evangelia Tzagkourni and Christos Simos. SELF-DETERMINATION FACTORS IN SECONDARY FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION THROUGH PROJECT-BASED LANGUAGE LEARNING (PBLL). Global Journal of Engineering and Technology Advances, 2026, 29(01), 126–133. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/gjeta.2026.29.1.0282.

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