Planning your next PDC Meeting:

Cycle 1 –Listening

September 2022
 5. post-PDC
Support for PDC Facilitators online
1. pre-PDC
online
reflection planning
meeting meeting

2. finalise
4. PDC
plans in
meeting groups

3.submit
group plan to
BC trainer
for feedback
Important dates for CYCLE 1
Warm up: Class memory quiz

1. How did I show that I was interested in X and Y’s answers?

2. What effect did this have on the speakers?
Warm up: Class memory quiz

3. Can you give me some examples of active listening noises?

Active listening noises:
Really? Oh, no!
Mmm I see.
Wow! That’s interesting.

So in other words……
That must have been really disappointing / exciting…..
Active listening body language

4. What is the best / worse thing to do with your

• hands
• face
• head
Active listening
Active listening is the practice of listening by observing what verbal and non-verbal
messages are being sent, and then providing appropriate feedback. This form of
listening conveys a mutual understanding between speaker and listener.
Active Listening

If you were going to focus on active listening as the sub-topic for your PDC, what
would be your overall learning outcome(s)?
Active Listening
By the end of the PDC session, participants will:
• have experienced an active listening activity (warm-up)
• have a clear understanding of the features of active listening
• considered ways to adapt an active listening task to meet the needs of a particular
group of learners.
Other possible PDC topics

• Why do learners find listening so difficult? – problems, causes and possible solution

• Planning a listening lesson using pre- while- and post-listening activities

Why do learners find listening so difficult? – problems, causes and
possible solution
By the end of the session, teachers will have:
• discussed common problems about listening in class
• come up with and shared possible causes and solutions
• applied the solutions to a coursebook page
• selected two strategies / techniques they want to apply in their own classrooms
Planning a listening lesson using pre- while- and post-listening
activities
By the end of the session, teachers will:
• have discussed how they normally structure a listening lesson
• be able to categorise listening tasks into pre, while and post
• be able to evaluate their materials (coursebook) in terms of these three
categories, and if not (e.g. one task is missing), come up with solutions
• be willing to take at least one activity and use it in their classrooms.
PDC planning cycle

5 1 a. reflect and evaluate (and apply!)

b. closing remarks
c. warm up
d. engage and share
e. review
4 2
3
PDC planning cycle closing
warm up
remarks

reflect / evaluate
review
(and apply!)

engage
and share
 First PLC Meeting

closing
warm up
remarks
KICK OFF!

reflect
intro to
and
PLCs
evaluate
INTRODUCE FIRST TOPIC

engage
and
share

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Planning DOs and DON’Ts
a. Write clear outcomes
b. Script instructions
c. Add Reflection questions into the plan
d. Plan to demonstrate a bunch of activities
e. Make sure your procedure matches your outcomes
f. Put everything you saw in the training into your plan
g. Give participants a chance to apply what has been covered
h. Include how you will do feedback
i. Give a brief outline of your activities
Planning DOs and DON’Ts
a. Write clear outcomes
b. Script instructions
c. Add reflection questions into the plan
d. Plan to demonstrate a bunch of activities
e. Make sure your procedure matches your outcomes
f. Put everything you saw in the training into your plan
g. Give participants a chance to apply what has been covered
h. Include how you will do feedback
i. Give a brief outline of your activities
Some more tips

• Don’t try to do too much!

• Think carefully about WHY you have chosen a particular task or activity. How
does it relate to your learning outcomes?
• Plan your instructions
• Include your materials – it is difficult to give feedback on your plans if we can’t
see the materials!
What happens next?

Each group of 4 participants needs to submit ONE plan.

Deadline for submitting plans September 19th

Email plans to duncanaawallis@gmail.com

Next online meeting is on October 11th

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 Thank you!

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