This is the third part in a series of blog posts on how to use TPRS in the adult ESL classroom. The first post in the series focused on age, and the second post focused on translation. Most adult ESL programs emphasize teaching students “life skills” or “survival skills” that they will need to get …
TPRS in the Adult ESL Classroom: Part 2—Translation
This is the second part in a series of blog posts on how to use TPRS in the adult ESL classroom. The first post in the series focused on age. Traditional TPRS, as it is typically used in a K-12 foreign language classroom, relies pretty heavily on translation. TPRS emphasizes the importance of making sure …
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TPRS in the Adult ESL Classroom: Part 1—Age
When I first started using TPRS with my adult ESL students, I was a little worried about whether it would work and how it would be received by the students. And I didn’t have many examples to go off of; when I googled “TPRS in adult ESL,” I only found one article. That article was …
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How Do I Teach with a Focus On Comprehensible Input?
For many teachers who are new to the idea of teaching with a focus on providing students with comprehensible input, it’s difficult to figure out how exactly to implement it in the classroom. Many of us are so accustomed to the traditional textbook-based/rule-based approach of language learning that it’s hard to escape from that mentality. I …
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Why I Teach With a Focus on Comprehensible Input
For my first blog post, I thought it would be appropriate to explain why I choose to teach ESL with a focus on providing comprehensible input. This post is not meant to be an exhaustive explanation but rather a summary for teachers who are unfamiliar with the approach. In the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, …
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Allison Lewis 