TPRS in a Year!
TPRS in a Year! was developed to help teachers speed up the process of learning TPRS. Forty-nine skills are discussed. Four in-depth sample stories describe how to construct stories using TPRS. There is an extensive Q and A section. 203 pages. Click on the links below to read from this book.
"Hi Ben - I LOVE the 'TPRS in a Year!' book!! I, a teacher who has NEVER ventured into TPRS territory, have tried a few of the suggestions in my classes the past few days and am very excited about the results. I ordered 'PQA in a Wink!, and can't wait to get it!!! Thanks so much." - Julie Mason
"I am a fourth year teacher who has been looking for the missing link in my instruction using TPRS. I must say that through only the first 6 pages you have instilled another level of comprehension and comfort with your explanations and examples. Thank you so much for the gift of confidence." - Gary Salas
In TPRS in a Year! you will discover how to:
- work together with your students to create a story
- choose and implement the TPRS skills that work for you
- bring students into your classroom process without forcing them
- teach for authentic language acquisition
- use TPRS techniques like circling to make sure that each student understands
- make comprehensible input and personalization the foundation of your success
- establish trust in your classroom
- use scripted stories as a basis for your own stories
- unleash the powerful tool of reading in your classroom
- teach writing using the proven dictée form
- prolong your career and avoid teacher burnout
"I have been reading your book TPRS in a Year! and am completely enlightened. I have been doing TPRS for 5 years. Now, after reading your book, I realize that I have just dipped my toe into the swimming pool. I am ready to go for a dip this year. I had no idea of all of the skills that I [can improve] in. I had no idea that there were that many skills to look at in reference to TPRS. I had been to several workshops...and I had no idea of how to improve. You have given me a lot to think about! I am so pleased. Thank you so very much. Keep it up. You are a lighthouse to those of us trying to find our way." - Kris Bintliff
"Ben, I think your books rock. We're at the German TPRS week long seminar and we leaders have promoted your books. TPRS in a Year! is perfect for both beginners who need a step by step instruction of each skill and for experienced people who feel their classes are becoming a bit flat." - Julie Baird
BLAINE RAY says about TPRS in a Year!:
"Ben Slavic's new book, TPRS in a Year!, is excellent. It is all about doing what is best for teachers. This book is marvelous and will be a great help. I believe that it can only have a great influence for good."
PQA in a Wink!
This book addresses personalization and the TPRS Step One skill of PQA, providing specific suggestions about PQA and classroom discipline that are easy to blend into any curriculum, not just a TPRS curriculum. 147 pages. Click on the link below to read from this book.
SUSAN GROSS says about PQA in a Wink!:
"Every day I see teachers who have been blessed by your book PQA in a Wink! It is the best thing out there for helping teachers. It is, quite simply, a work of genius. You have totally explained and illustrated what personalization is and how far it can take you.
By following your suggestions teacbers will have the keys for teaching "in the zone" and producing students who love language and are good at it. I am so glad you wrote that book; it is a true gift to the profession."
In PQA in a Wink! you will discover how to:
- start the year out by personalizing your classroom
- build rapport and connect with your students
- make PQA work in your classroom
- greatly increase student involvement in your class
- learn to talk to your students in the target language about things that interest them
- come up with creative and interesting names for your students
- use the target language from the first day of class
- deal with oppositional and reticent students
- extend PQA into stories
- increase your enrollment
ANNE MATAVA says:
"Last year at Blaine's conference I had my copy of TPRS in a Year! with me and people were fighting to get a glimpse of it. I literally had people on a 60-minute rotation, they could have it for an hour and then they had to pass it on to the next person on the list.
"Both PQA in a Wink! and TPRS in a Year! have been indispensible to me as a first-year TPRS teacher. Ben goes through the steps of TPRS carefully with a lot of examples, love, and humor. TPRS in a Year! is a real how-to manual, complete with a very detailed description of how he does a story. He identifies each skill, explains it, and tells why it's important.
"AND, the big news is, Ben has a new book out! It's called PQA in a Wink! and it demystifies and expands on the PQA process. It's loaded with more of that great Ben Slavic humor and insight. I recommend both books to any TPRS teacher, new or experienced. Ben writes with enthusiasm and joy."
MICHELE WHALEY says:
“I read both your books and all I can say is WOW! Thank you so much for writing them! They have helped me open up my mind and understanding. I have tried using TPRS for two years and I have also attended three TPRS workshops, which were wonderful, but they went by so fast that I wasn’t able to keep up. With your books I was able to take my time and reflect on what you were saying and tie in with what I was doing correctly and where I needed to improve.”