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Project-Based Learning (PBL) Proposal
Subject: English Language
Grade: Form Three
Theme: A three-day tour of Hong Kong
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the PBL activities, students will be able to develop:
 study skills (self-directed learning) [LO1]
 communication skills (collaboration and negotiation with peers) [LO2]
 information technology skills (practical use of online and offline [LO3]
applications)
 critical thinking skills (ways of criticizing positively on one’s or others’ [LO4]
work)
 creativity (innovative ideas of arranging tourist attractions) [LO5]
There are three stages in this PBL proposal:
Stage One: Preparation
a. Learning Outcome: [LO1]
b. Timeline: [Two lessons: 1 - 15 March, 2012]
 Teacher will show:
i. a promotional video of Hong Kong made by Hong Kong Tourism Board;
ii. the website ‘Discover Hong Kong - Official Travel Guide from the Hong Kong
Tourism Board’ (http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/); and
iii. the project from former students and let the students know exactly what they
are going to do, and the possible ICT tools can be used.
 Teacher will tell students that they need to design a three-day tour of Hong Kong.
 Teacher will facilitate student grouping. Each group will decide a sub-topic (e.g.
Tour of Living Culture) based on the main theme and submits the table of contents
with the first action plan on or before 15 March 2012.
Stage Two: Implementation
a. Learning Outcomes: [LO1, LO2, LO3, LO5]
b. Timeline: [Three lessons: 16 March - 16 April 2012]
 Teacher will teach Google search parameters to refine and select good quality
data.
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 Each group will use RSS features in iGoogle for collecting data from different
Websites.
 Each group will decide on the tourist attractions that will be included in the
itinerary.
 Each group will visit the tourist attractions, collect travel guides and take pictures
there.
 Each group will interview the local and overseas tourists at the attractions and ask
them the reasons of visiting the attractions and what they think about the
attractions.
 Each group will write a report of 800 words about the information obtained at that
stage and upload it to Google Docs so that the teacher can give comments to it
there.
 Teacher will explain the assessment criteria as below:
Assessment items Assessor(s)
Group PBL report Teacher (50%)
Oral presentation Teacher (20%); Other groups (20%)
Group assessment Your group members (5%)
Self assessment Yourself (5%)
Stage Three: Data analysis and conclusion
a. Learning Outcomes: [LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5]
b. Timeline: [Two lessons: 17 April - 18 May 2012]
 Each group will analyse and further process the data collected.
 Each group will edit photos with Sumo Paint (http://www.sumopain.com/app).
 Each group will create a Website with Blogger for oral presentation; each oral
presentation (itinerary, summary of activity highlights, tourists’ views, rationales of
picking the attractions) will last for 20 minutes.
 Each group will write a group PBL report of 8-10 pages; the following table shows
the suggested outline of the report:
P.1 : Cover page
P.2-3 : The itinerary (3-day tour of Hong Kong) (with pictures and captions)
P.4-5 : Recent activities organised by the tourist attractions (pictures/YouTube)
P.6-7 : Tourists’ views on the attractions
P.8-9 : Rationales of choosing these attractions and arranging them in the way
they are
P.10 : Group reflection for the whole PBL activities
 Each group must hand in a final report (including 100 words self-reflection for each
group member in the group PBL report) after the oral presentation on or before 28
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May, 2012.
Reference:
Curriculum Development Institute. (n.d.). Project Learning. Retrieved May 28, 2012, from:
http://cd1.edb.hkedcity.net/cd/projectlearning/index.html
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