1. Integrating PBLA Into Your Everyday Classroom
Pat Marilley-Bodner
Sara Wynne

2. Workshop Needs Assessment
Consider your own knowledge and practices about the following areas. Listen to the question.
PBLA
Learning Tasks
Feedback
Self-Reflection
Raise your hand if you answer “Yes!”

3. Workshop Outline PBLA Basics PBLA Cycle Module Planning Assessment
Formative Feedback
Self-Reflection
What are you hoping to get out of today’s session?

4. PBLA Basics - Foundation
Formative assessment
Ongoing assessment, not summative
Real world tasks
Formative feedback
CLB framework
Benchmark aligned
Task-based
Learner-Centered

5. PBLA Basics - What do I include?
How many assessments?
Full-time artefacts/month
(5 days or 15 hr/week)
Part-time artefacts/month
How will I have time to teach?!
Incorporate PBLA into your teaching cycle.
Don’t do more assessment; do more with assessment.

6. PBLA Cycle Needs Assessment Goal Setting Module Planning
Assessment Tasks
Formative Feedback
Reflection

7. PBLA Cycle Needs Assessment Goal Setting Module Planning
Assessment Tasks
Formative Feedback
Reflection

8. PBLA Cycle - Needs Assessment
Why do I need to do Need Assessment?
Introduce the topic
Engage learner interest
Provide a starting point to track progress
Types of Needs Assessment
Juggling and compromise between curriculum, student and teacher
Overall choose no more than 3-5 RWT per month

9. PBLA Cycle Needs Assessment Goal Setting Module Planning
Assessment Tasks
Formative Feedback
Reflection

10. PBLA Cycle - Goal Setting
Create English language goals
monthly goals related to the theme
Short Term Goals
Long Term Goals
Why do we need to set goals?
Give students time to learn goal setting
start with brainstorming or multiple choice
SMART goals
review goals regularly

11. Checklist Sample - Needs Assessment and Goal Setting
Travel and Transportation - CLB 5 Student Checklist
Learning tasks
Choose three tasks you want to learn. Circle the number.
Rate each task for how well you can do it now:
1 - Easy So-so Difficult 1.
I can find and use information about schedules and fares for public transit. [5.3] 2.
I can give and follow directions to a business using websites and maps. [5.2/5.3] 3 3.
I can use the Translink website to plan a trip. [5.3] 4.
I can get information from Tourism BC, a website or a travel agency to discuss my travel preferences. [5.3/5.4] 5.
I can give a presentation about a travel destination in BC. [5.4] 2 6.
I can write an to a friend about a travel experience. [5.4] 1
My goal this month is to…..
Now
After 2

12. Student Samples - Goal Setting
Monthly Goal: I want more better speaking English.
Did you meet your Monthly Goal? What steps did you take to complete your goal?
No. More practice speaking.
Monthly Goal: I will learn all words on the online vocabulary list.
Did you meet your Monthly Goal? What steps did you take to complete your goal?
I listen to news for 20 minutes everyday.
Yes, I did. I remember and use 10 new words each week.
I did a writing each week.

13. PBLA Cycle Needs Assessment Goal Setting Module Planning
Assessment Tasks
Formative Feedback
Reflection

14. Module Planning Theme: Travel and Transportation
What are some possible real world tasks (RWT)
for this theme?
What skills will you need for these tasks?
How can you group them into a module or unit?

15. PBLA Cycle - Module Planning
Backwards Planning
Start with the Real World Task
Plan Scaffolding
Vocabulary
Grammar
Functional language
Socio-cultural knowledge
Plan 2-4 assessment tasks for each RWT
re-use the language and scaffolding

16. Module CLB 3 Transportation I can find and book a hotel room. [3.3]
Listening 3.3 Getting Things Done
Listen to a hotel clerk describe a room and decide if you want to stay there.
Speaking 3.3 Getting Things Done
Ask a hotel clerk for information about a hotel room
Reading 3.3 Getting Things Done
Read a hotel brochure and choose the room you want.
Writing 3.2 Copying Information
Copy information from a hotel brochure about the room you want.

17. Module CLB 5 Transportation
I can find and use information about schedules and fares for public transit. [5.2/3]
Listening 5.2 Comprehending Instructions
Listen to a pre-recorded message about Translink Fare Information.
Speaking 5.2 Giving Instructions
Give directions to a friend on how to take public transit from school to their home (or other location, e.g. airport).
Reading 5.3 Getting Things Done
Use a public transit schedule to plan a trip.
Writing 5.4 Sharing Information
Write an to a friend giving them directions on how to take the bus to your house.

18. PBLA Cycle Needs Assessment Goal Setting Module Planning
Assessment Tasks
Formative Feedback
Reflection

19. Creating Assessments Do you usually find, create or adapt assessments?
Which assessments are easier to give and mark?
Which assessments are easier to give feedback on?
How do you usually give feedback to your learners?

20. Reading 3.3 - Assessment Task

21. How would you give feedback on this assessment?
How can you give feedback on specific errors
(e.g question 3, question 6)?

22. PBLA Cycle Needs Assessment Goal Setting Module Planning
Assessment Tasks
Formative Feedback
Reflection

23. Formative Feedback Action oriented, moving the learner forward
Steps can the learner take to improve (use verbs)
Highlight strengths the learner can continue and build upon.
Comment on productive skill strategies
Read for key words
Guess new words from context
Keep it brief: 1-3 points
Was your feedback formative?
Consider the feedback you shared with your partner.

24. Reading 3.3 - Feedback Formats
Start
Stop
Continue
Don’t stop when you see a new word
Answer all questions
circle key words

25. Write because ...

26. Listening 5.2 - Assessment Task
LISTEN 5.2: Translink Fare Information
Instructions: Listen to a pre-recorded message from Translink explaining different cash fare options and follow the questions below. You can write your answers down on the Worksheet
Competencies: 5.2 Comprehending Instructions

27. How can you give formative feedback?
How much is a 2 zone cash fare? ________
What is the concession cash fare for 1 zone? ________ Circle the correct answer - T (True) or F (False)
3. Concession fares apply to the following groups of people.
All secondary school students with a Go Card T F
All children under the age of T F
Seniors aged 60 and over T F
Handy Card holders travelling on regular transit T F
4. Children aged 4 and under travel for free on Translink T F
5. Translink is divided into 3 zones T F
6. You pay the same cash fares on weekends? T F
7. What do you have to do if you want to hear this message again? _____________________________________________
How can you give formative feedback?

28. Self-Assessment - Student Sample
practice more time to train listening
easy for me
1 scanning remind that when I used to use transportation
focus following the message

29. PBLA Cycle Needs Assessment Goal Setting Module Planning
Assessment Tasks
Formative Feedback
Reflection

30. Self-Assessment Creates learner autonomy
Creates awareness of the learning process
understand what is necessary to be successful
identify strengths and weaknesses
identify strategies
Gives the teacher feedback and insight into the students’ learning strategies.
identify common student challenges
comment on specific strategies

31. Giving Feedback on Self-Assessment
How was this listening task (easy, so-so, difficult)? Why?
It was difficult: Because it was fast speed
some number was easy But detale was difficult. When i fouces to detale I lost my way and other problem. First time I can’t do that 2 time beter than first time.
sometime I dont have time for read question
I should catching up whole sentence to thinking that mean if I heard some new vocabulary which I don’t know.
How will you give feedback on the self-assessment?
What formative comments can you make?

32. Giving Feedback on Self-Assessment
It was difficult: Because it was fast speed
some number was easy But detale was difficult. When i fouces to detale I lost my way and other problem. First time I can’t do that 2 time beter than first time.
If you will hear a listening two times, the first time listen for the main idea. The second time listen for details.
If you already know the main idea, when you focus on the details you won’t lose your way.
sometime I dont have time for read question
Try scanning (reading quickly) the question before you listen. Then you will know what to focus on.
I should catching up whole sentence to thinking that mean if I heard some new vocabulary which I don’t know.
Great Strategy! Continue listening for the word in context.

33. More Self-Assessment Examples

34. Writing Self-Assessment
Check your s with the scoring Rubric below. Write a √ if you agree or an X if you disagree.
Scoring Rubric
Me (√X)
Teacher
Comments
I used correct word order.
Every sentence has a capital and period.
I wrote correct directions.
I described the location with a preposition.
My s are easy to understand.

37. PBLA Cycle Needs Assessment Goal Setting Module Planning
Assessment Tasks
Formative Feedback
Reflection

38. PBLA Cycle - Self Reflection
Highlight Progress
What have I learned?
Review Feedback
How can I improve?
What is holding me back?
Review & Adapt Goals
Build the practice of regular Self-Reflection
After a task
At the end of class or the week
At the end of a module or month

39. Self-Reflection - Assessment Tasks
Are you comfortable doing this task outside of the classroom? Why or why not?

40. Checklist Sample - Self-Reflection
Monthly Review:
· Did you meet your Monthly Goal? What steps did you take to complete your goal?
· What are some new vocabulary items/ idioms/ grammar I learned this month?
· What learning task was most important to me? Why?
· What new information did I learn about life in Canada?
· What was easy for me this month? How did I improve from last month?
· What was most difficult for me? How can I improve?
· What activity in class helped me learn the most?
· What did I learn that I can use in my life outside the class?

41. Review Reflection Goal Setting Formative Feedback Module Planning
Needs Assessment
Reflection
Goal Setting
Formative Feedback
Module Planning
Assessment Tasks

42. Self-Reflection
What is one thing you learned today that you will incorporate into your classroom?
Did you achieve your goal for this session?

43. Integrating PBLA into your Everday Classroom
Thank-you
Thank for participating in our workshop:
Integrating PBLA into your Everday Classroom
Pat Marilley-Bodner
Sara Wynne

44. Sources http://everydaypbla.wikispaces.com
Most material shown today were developed by Pat Marilley-Bodner and Sara Wynne for MOSAIC.
Sources:
Joanne Pettis - PBLA Best Practices Guide
Canadian Language Benchmarks
Dylan Wiliam - Assessment for Learning
Herber; Pearson and Johnson - Levels of Questioning
Materials adapted from:
Shawna Williams - LISTN
Astrid Van Der Pol - MOSAIC