Workshop+Schedule

return to Home ** Story-Based Language Teaching Workshop ** Thursday, August 18, 2011
 * 8:30-9:00 Coffee and registration **

How many Spanish teachers? French? German? Japanese? Mandarin? ESL? Other? How many high school? middle school? elementary school? other? How many teach with TPR? How many are familiar with TPRS? How many have been to a TPRS workshop?
 * 9:00-9:15 Introductions **

Rules: Students: Look, Listen, Understand Teacher: Make it easy for students to understand
 * 9:15-9:45 Sample Language Lesson, Part 1--My name is... **

Ja nazywam się Anny. Jak się nazywasz? <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Ja mieszkam w Chester Springs. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Gdzie mieszkasz?

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Stephen Krashen: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Comprehensible Input <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Affective Filter
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">9:45-10:00 Discuss: What just happened? How? Why? **

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">James Asher - TPR <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">siadać (sit down) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">wstać (stand up) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">tańczyć (dance) / disco / szybko / powoli / romantycznie <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">iść (walk) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">biegać (run) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">jeść (eat) / pizza / banana
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">10:00-10:30 Sample Language Lesson Part 2--Action! **

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">How does TPR keep us engaged? <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Physical actions, humor, repetition, but also adding something new each time.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">10:30-10:45 Break

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">10:45-11:00 Questions & comments?

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">11:00-11:30 Sample Lesson, Part 3--The plot thickens! <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Teach three key structures: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">To jest mysz = This is a mouse <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"><span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mysz chce je ść = The mouse wants to eat <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Idzie do = goes to

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Build a story by circling and asking questions. Act it out.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">11:30-11:45 Discuss

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 27px;">11:45-12:00 Read a story in Polish

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">12:00-1:00 Lunch

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">1:00-2:00 Sample Spanish lesson (all workshop participants; invited language learners) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Three key structures: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">mira = looks at <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">quiere = wants <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__le__ da = gives __to him/her__

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Additional structure: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">tiene = has

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Super Star structure: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Si me diera X, estaría contenta. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">If s/he gave me X, I would be happy.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Read a story in Spanish

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">2:00-3:00 Questions & Discussion

//<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Why use so much translation? // <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">To establish meaning quickly for those who can't get it from context so we can move on to the story.

//<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">To teach or not to teach grammar? // <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">One of the most important mantras of TPRS is: **Shelter vocabulary, not grammar.** Learners hear the language in all its grammatical complexity (or simplicity), with a limited repertoire of vocabulary. Grammar is learned implicitly through optimized immersion in comprehensible input; as students master structures, the teacher can do brief "pop-up" grammar lessons, drawing attention to a grammatical point: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What does the "s" on the end of "estás" tell us? //The subject is "you".// <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Why do we hear the vowel change in "Quiere que me __dé__ la manzana"? //Because we don't know if he will give it or not.// <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Why did I say "la manzana roja" instead of "rojo"? //Because manazana is feminine.// <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">To achieve fluency, students don't need to be able to give a detailed grammatical explanation (e.g. "Subjunctive is used after verbs expressing desire."). They just need to notice and understand what they are hearing.