You spend time giving detailed feedback on student writing… correcting errors, adding comments, marking everything you can. But when the next assignment comes in, the same issues are still there.
The problem? Too much feedback can overwhelm students… and teachers. When everything is corrected, nothing stands out. Students don’t know what to focus on, and the feedback doesn’t lead to meaningful improvement.
This 30-minute PD course will show you how to make feedback more focused, effective, and manageable using two practical approaches. You’ll learn how to:
This 30-minute PD course will show you how to make feedback more focused, effective, and manageable using two practical approaches. You’ll learn how to:
- Provide focused writing feedback by targeting a single area for improvement (Conti approach).
- Design writing tasks with a clear, pre-identified focus that students attend to while writing (Collins approach).
- Guide students to use feedback to improve communication through structured revision
This is a practical, no-fluff course led by me, Joshua Cabral, host of the World Language Classroom Podcast, and it’s designed to help you give feedback that actually makes a difference—without increasing your workload.
By the end of this course, you’ll have a clear system for providing feedback that students can understand, apply, and learn from. Your feedback will feel more purposeful, your workload more manageable, and your students’ writing will show clearer growth in communication and proficiency.
What’s Included in This Quick Win, 30-Minute Course for $10?
- Audio to Listen to All Material – perfect for on-the-go listening
- Detailed Note Sheet to follow along and refer back to
- Reflection Activity to deepen your understanding
- Examples at the novice, intermediate, and advanced levels
- Planning Template for for your planning writing feedback
- Additional Resources to go further with the topic
- Personalized Certificate of course completion
If you’re ready to move away from overwhelming corrections and toward feedback that truly supports student growth, this course is for you. Let’s make feedback work for you and your students.