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TPRS is an extremely effective method for teaching foreign languages,
and students who learn a language in this way can understand, speak,
read, and write in the target language much more quickly than with
some other methods of teaching.
TPRS employs tools that are familiar to language teachers everywhere,
but the change in emphasis from output to comprehensible input is what
makes a TPRS classroom look different from a non-TPRS classroom.
Sprayberry has previously hosted the National TPR
Storytelling Conference featuring Mr. Blaine Ray.
Most recently, Sprayberry welcomed teachers from across the metro area
to the second Teaching Proficiency through Reading and
Storytelling (TPRS) Workshop. Held in 2010, the
workshop was hosted by Ms. Susan Gross. Ms. Gross has garnered
international recognition for her innovative use of TPRS techniques
for foreign language instruction; her methods are based on the most
up-to-date research, and participants leave her workshops energized
and eager to apply the techniques to their own classroom instruction.
The workshop was sponsored by the Cobb County School District, where
Dr. Gregory Ewing serves as the Supervisor for both Foreign Language
and ESOL. Dr. Ewing has worked with Sprayberry to champion the
cause of effective and engaging foreign language instruction.
Teachers from Atlanta, Cobb, Cherokee, Decatur, and Gwinnett attended
the 2010 workshop, and Sprayberry's Foreign Language Department
continues to welcome teachers from throughout the country who are
interested in learning more about this innovative method of foreign
language instruction.
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