Script of Workshop 6 Giving Feedback

Workshop title: Checking comprehension and providing feedback

Workshop description: Feedback is one of the most important teacher-student  centered interaction in any learning environment. By the end of the module participants will be able to:

 -understand what to do after tasks or lessons to check comprehension and increase SS`s learning.

-use appropriate teacher talk for feedback depending on different learning goals.

-correct SS`s errors with different feedback strategies.

 

Sections /Trainer

Time

Instructions

Materials

Note

Checking comprehension and providing feedback

Warm up

 

Trainer 1:

9:00-9:25

 Ask participants to discuss the following question in pairs with the help of “Bicycle chain” activity :

–How do you give feedback to your SS?

 

Divide class into A and B students. First As will come to the centre of the room and make  a smaller circle, then Bs come and make up bigger outer circle for As. As and Bs stay face to face. Make sure that each participant have a partner.

First As start, they will speak how they give feedback to their SS. Then Bs will move one step in circle have a new partner. Now Bs will speak about their feedback style.

 

White board

 

 Inform learners of objectives

 

Trainer 2

9:25-9:30

  • Ask one of the PP to read the objectives ( which is written on the boarding card)

               By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to :

 understand what to do after tasks or lessons to check comprehension and increase students’ learning

 

use appropriate teacher talk for feedback depending on different learning goals

 

correct students' errors with different feedback strategies and monitoring

PPPT or a boarding card with written objectives

 

Stimulate recall of prior learning

 

Trainer 1

9:30-9: 45

  • Stimulate participants ideas  by asking question:
  • Have you ever given corrective feedback for your SS?
  • Why giving feedback is good for learning?

 

A white board

 

Present the content

 

Trainer 2

9:45- 10:10

-Display the videos about Whole class formative feedback  from TETE Course

-Display the video about Feedback strategies beyond error correction. (Video duration 15minutes)

While watching videos PP will take notes on the topics:

  • Types of feedback mentioned in the videos
  • Types of correction
  • Types of Indirect feedback

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Video projector

 

Guide learning

 

Trainer 1

10:10-10:45

Jig saw reading. Numbered heads.

First create groups with three participants by using different colored sticky notes. Tell that this is their Home groups, then within the group, PP will count 1-2-3. And trainer asks them to remember their Home groups, but now they will create Expert groups. Ones- Group 1, twos- Group 2, threes- Group 3.

Then trainer gives one article from Module 4 TETE to each of these new Expert groups.

Group 1---  Article 1: Progress Check

Group 2 ----Article 2: The Importance of Feedback by Sandy Millin

Group 3. ---- Video 3 Script

Anxiety-Free Corrective Feedback

 

In Expert groups, PP will read the articles, make notes about the types of feedback in it, write a brief summary for it.

 

Then the trainer asks them to go back to their Home Groups and share their notes and summaries of the articles.

 

Handouts

 

Experimental activity 1

 

Trainer 2

10:40-10:50

 

 

Response cards.

Trainer reads some statements about effective feedback PP should raise their True /False cards

True /False cards

 

 Elicit performance practice

 

Trainer 1

 

10:50: 11:20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lunch time:

11:20-11: 50

Then participants will choose one strategy of giving feedback for example Progress check, Thumps up /down, Scale 1-5  and they present with the help of one activity with their small group members. Then they will tell which strategy worked well and why.

 

 

 

Practice time

 

 Trainer 2

11:50- 12: 20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Introduce P-Q-P feedback strategy.

Work in pairs. Give each pair some materials which were created by participants from the previous sessions, for example, posters, anchor charts, etc.

Ask them to write feedback on them using P-Q-P charts.

Boarding cards

 P-Q-P charts

 

Provide feedback

 

 

Both trainers facilitate.

12:20-12:40

Ask pairs to exchange their feedbacks to each other and read.

Sticky notes

 

Assess performance

 

12:40-13: 20

 Before they leave, give participants a piece of paper they will write their answers on these  three questions:

  • What was the most interesting thing I learned?
  • What was the most important knowledge I gained?
  • What question do I still have?

 Collect the Exit Tickets  to assess the participants understanding of workshop content.

PQP charts

 

Assign task for further development

13:25-13:30

 

 

Assign  hometasks :

1.Write  reflection from the session to their portfolios.

2.Complete Activity Tracker

 

Activity tracker is provided in previous sessions.

 

 

Resource Type
Theme
Checking comprehension and giving feedback
Language Level
Intermediate
Student Age
Adult