tprs workshop presentation 2013
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TPRS basic workshop for WL/ESL teachersTRANSCRIPT
Going from Known to Unknown
What do you already know that I don’t need
to teach you?
Stephen Krashen says:
TPRS, Teaching Proficiency through
Reading and Storytelling is a foreign language teaching methodology based on providing ample comprehensible input, personalizing lessons to make them student-centered and teaching for mastery.
Internalization/Language acquisition
Signs/ASL
Connections
Visualizations
Establish
meaning
A story: El cuento del gato
la muchac
hael gato tiene agarra
el piso es buenoel
muchacho
esgrande
es pequeño tira llora
está contento
está triste
escapa es malo le da
Novel use PQA PMS
Establish meaning
Check for comprehensi
on
Establish Meaning and Check for Comprehension
Novel use- use the words in new ways, commands, etc.
PQA- personalized questions and answers
PMS- personal mini-situations
Keep them engaged !
Personalize everything
“Teach to the eyes”/“Feed the hungry”/”Check your barometer student”
Set the stage for dramaUse 3 locations to set your story in motion
Create a false reality
Exaggerate voice inflection
Use props/actors
BEP
Make it BIZARRE EXAGERRATED AND PERSONALIZED
Coach use of Rejoinders/How to receive a story
- Are you serious?- No way?
- How lucky!
Shelter vocab not grammar
Start out in the present tense but do not limit yourselfto the present tense. That is unnatural. Always answer when students question the patterns- ”pop-up grammar”
Think of the vocabulary of a four or five year old. Their grammar has not been sheltered. Their vocabulary is kept to an appropriate level.
Asking a story/adding details
Establish the content of the story.
Superstars retell to the class or all retell in partners to each other.
BUT THERE IS MORE TO EVERY STORY !!!
I WANT TO KNOW MORE !!
Recycle and Repeat - tips
Ask repetitive questions. Do not ask question in order. Keep recycling vocabulary with novel
questions. Follow the story asking guidelines. Keep them engaged. Create a movie in their mind. Can they see?
Ask them “Can you see it?”
The answers do not need to be logical. Repetition is at the heart of storytelling.
Story asking progression
YES/NO EITHER/OR
OPEN ENDED
Or ….CIRCLING
STORY ASKING
How old is the girl? Does she live in a house? Where is her house? Where did she get that cat? What is the cat’s name? Why is the boy so bad? Where did the cat go? Why did Monica give away her cat? Is it really a good cat or a bad cat?
Assessing Fluency
Retell the story with the details. Timed writings (8 minutes 100
words- grade on volume/flow) Writing exercises- answer the
questions Translation exercises Teach someone at home the story Illustrate the story cartoon style Podcast the story/Act out the story
Pop Up Grammar
Establish meaning of vocabulary/grammar Add content Personalize and keep them interested (BEP) Ask the details Point out the grammar Assess- check for grammar as needed
You say:“This is what I would like to see/hear as
you retell today”
From Stories to Literature
Every story has:A title
CharactersA setting
A problemA solution
Embedded Reading
© Clarcq, Whaley 2012
Top Down or Bottom Up – Success !
© Clarcq, Whaley 2012
Embedding Reading
Embedded Reading
Cortometrajes – short films
ALMA
Oktapodi
More short films….
Wildebeest
More short films….
The Beauty of a Second
See film-english for lesson plans.
Short Film Resources
Youtube
http://filminute.com
http://film-english.com/
Measuring Retention
Grading with colors (understanding mastery as the goal)
Club 100 (reading)
Old fashioned dictation (listening)
Target: Accuracy and Precision
Club 100 timed
100 words in target language – recognition
Later, 90 in target, 10 in English
Students create rubric “What is excellent?”
90-100 = Yellow 70-80 = Orange80-90 = Pink below
70 - Green
Dictation
Read in Target Language Students write what they hear Students confirm meaning with
translation Native speakers/Class visitors read Bonus offered upon request
(always !) Grade with colors (excellent, good,
etc.)
Create with Technology
Padlet (brainstorming) Educreations Googlevoice Celly Weebly (porfolios) Storybird Prezi Textivate Voicethread
Student Portfolios
Weebly Wix
Example journal entry -
Novels for all levels
Carol Gaab Kristy Placido Carrie Toth Blaine Ray Mira Canion
More treats…generate passion !
http://www.senorwooly.com/
http://www.senorjordan.com/
http://zachary-jones.com/
http://teachforjune.com/
http://daveburgess.com/
Common Core Standards
High level text-based discussions
Focus on the process not only content
Create assignments for real audiences with a real purpose
Teach argument, not persuasion Increase Text Complexity
Contact me
Email: [email protected] Twitter:
http://www.tvsd.org/sites/hsfaculty/techman/Pages/default.aspx
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