What is TPRS?
Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling is a relatively new and exciting method for teaching and learning languages. Research shows that humans acquire language primarily by hearing it and secondarily by reading it. The language you receive via your ears or eyes is called input. For you to acquire a language, you must understand the input, otherwise it is gibberish. This comprehensible input is the key to internalizing the language.
How does it work?
TPRS provides an environment in which you are exposed to constant comprehensible input within meaningful contexts, such as within the framework of a story. Most of our time in class will be dedicated to hearing a few chunks of language that I want you to learn. I’ll ask questions repetitively in Spanish so that you can internalize the language chunks. Also, we’ll read stories to help you reinforce, learn, and practice additional expressions. We’ll discuss the readings in class in Spanish, also with repetitive questions.
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