ENGLISH FRANCA Academic Journal of English Language and Education DOI: 10.29240/ef.v7i1.6284 - http://journal.iaincurup.ac.id/index.php/english/index eISSN: 2580-3689; pISSN: 2580-3670 Article info: http://journal.iaincurup.ac.id/index.php/english Received 24 December 2022; Received in revised form 10 April 2023; Accepted 10 May 2023 Published by Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Curup on behalf of ENGLISH FRANCA: Academic Journal of English Language and Education. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license The Implementation of Project Based Learning in Blended Learning System to Improve English Speaking Skill of Polytechnic Students Desti Ariani¹, Ade Hidayat², Adrianus Surianto Girikallo 3 ¹ Politeknik Raflesia, Rejang Lebong, Indonesia ² Politeknik Raflesia, Rejang Lebong, Indonesia ² Akademi Maritim Indonesia AIPI Makasar, Indonesia Corresponding Email: arin_desti@yahoo.co.id Introduction Learning English at Raflesia Polytechnic, especially at the Electrical Engineering Study Program, focuses on efforts to improve students' communicative competence. The learning provides the students with the skills necessary to communicate in English in their future careers. Therefore, the learning activities are mostly in the form of speaking practice emphasized to several aspects; enriching English vocabulary especially related to Electrical Engineering, pronuncing the vocabulary correctly, selecting and using the vocabulary appropriately according to context, and speaking fluently. However, the practice of speaking, which is frequently done in groups, is still carried out in a simple way where students are assigned a certain topic and they practice the speaking task in front of the class. This learning method seems to need updating because based on student scores in the past semester and the result of interview with several students, students' speaking skills are still unsatisfactory with several indications; limited vocabulary, incorrect pronunciation, and lack of self-confidence. Students’ weakness on those aspects above is in line to the previous research done in Electrical Engineering Study Program. The research reveals some students’ problems in speaking English. First is in the term of pronunciation. Some technical vocabularies that the students admitted are not familiar with are mispronounced by the students during the presentation that hence requires them to clarify the meaning. Second is the problem of vocabulary. Students are lack of both common and technical vocabularies. As the result, their speaking frequently ends in long pause or silence. Third is the problem of anxiety which is reflected by the trembling voice the students made and by the students’ avoidance on classmates’ and lecturer’s attention during speaking. This anxiety is resulted from the feeling of nervous as well as the fear of making mistake and getting negative Abstract. This Classroom Action Research aims to determine the improvement in students' English speaking skill by implementing Project Based Learning in a Blended Learning system. This model of learning was conducted in two cycles consisting of four meetings in each of the cycle. The research began with a pre-test to determine initial speaking skills and language aspects which became the weaknesses of Polytechnic students in speaking English. The results of the pre-test then became the basis for implementing the Project Based Learning model. Online learning was conducted by using online media to observe the process of projects making and to submit those speaking projects which were regarded as post-test at the same time. Face-to-face learning, on the other hand, was carried out to discuss the learning topics before the speaking project assignment. The results of the study showed an improvement in students' English speaking skills after the implementation of Project Based learning. In the pre-test, the average score of students' speaking skills was only 58.7. In post-test 1 of cycle 1, the average increased to 63.5 and in post-test 2 of cycle 2 it increased to 70.1. In addition, the study revealed that Project Based Learning also succeeded in changing the stude nts’ learning attitude and in promoting students’ creativity. Keywords: Project Based Learning, Blended Learning, Online Media, Polytechnic