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Make everyminuteCOUNT!!!
We focus on
FLUENCY
Fluency and TPRS®Fluency and TPRS®
In order to successfully In order to successfully teach teach fluencyfluency
the teacher must:the teacher must:
Focus on the details of a Focus on the details of a story story
NotNot focus on the language focus on the language
TPRS® is a method of second-language teaching that uses highly-interactive stories to provide comprehensible input and create an atmosphere of immersion in the classroom.TPRS Chinese Coursewww.tprsc.com
What is TPRS®?
Use words students know
Speak slowly
Key 1: ComprehensibleKey 1: Comprehensible
Repetitive questionsContinually start overAdd detailsMultiple locationsMultiple characters
Key 2: RepetitionKey 2: Repetition
Recycle the Story
✓at any point, stop, go back, and
review the story✓re-circle the recycled parts
✓continue story when you get back to where you left
off
Surprise details“Playing the game”PersonalizationPositive exaggeration
Key 3: InterestKey 3: Interest
Teach to the Eyes!
✓teach STUDENTS not curriculum
✓look in individual student’s eyes when teaching
✓hold students accountable
✓always check for understanding
Story Retells
Have students frequently retell the story to their partners✓after the story ends✓have superstar retell story to class✓Limit the time to two or three minutes
Shelter Vocabulary
Limit vocabulary to a few hundred words per year
Don’t shelter grammar
Use whatever grammar is
necessary to express meaning.
Use lessons each Use lessons each day to practice day to practice structure.structure.
Structure is the Structure is the key to fluency.key to fluency.
Teaching Teaching fluency…fluency…
Data - TeacherData - Teacher
Data - TeacherData - Teacher
SHORTTERM
MEMORY
Brain Processing ModelBrain Processing Model
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HEARING
LONG-TERMSTORAGE
SMELL
SIGHT
TOUCH
TASTE
PERCEPTUALREGISTER
OUT OUT OUT
WORKINGMEMORY
www.tprsc.com
Rule #1:We don’t pay attention to We don’t pay attention to
boring thingsboring things..
Rule #2:We have 30 seconds to repeat We have 30 seconds to repeat something before it is forgotten.something before it is forgotten.
Rule #3:Students must pay attention Students must pay attention
in order to learn.in order to learn.
How do we get them to pay attention?
• “The novel stimuli – the unusual, the unpredictable, or distinctive are powerful ways to harness attention.”
Emotions get our attention.
People usually forget 90% of what they learn in a class within 30 days.
Rule #4Most of what we learn is visual.Most of what we learn is visual.
• Dramatize the story
• Props
dramatize the story
✓wigs & hats✓cardboard cutouts✓ funny noses✓ funny glasses✓ stuffed animals✓ toys
use props
Rule 5:The initial learning is important.
One could increase the life span of a memory simply by repeating the information in timed intervals.
Rule 6:There are two types of memories
