About Ben

Ben Slavic is a teacher of French in Denver, CO. He has taught for thirty years at the middle and high school levels, including Advanced Placement French Language and Literature, as well as at the university level. He has twice been recognized by the U.S. Department of State as a Fulbright Teacher Exchange Ambassador in addition to being recognized as a South Carolina finalist for the prestigious Rockefeller Award. Ben’s students consistently win state and national awards in competitions testing listening and reading skills.

Recently, one of Ben's students, a ninth grader with no previous background in French except as an eighth grade TPRS student, passed the Advanced Placement Exam in French language with a score of 4, which according to the College Board means that the candidate is "highly qualified" in French.

That score, according to Ben, is a "direct result of the vision, hard work, and leadership of Blaine Ray, Susan Gross, Joe Neilson and the other pioneers of TPRS who are radically changing concrete outcomes for language learners everywhere. I have been waiting for something like TPRS to come along for most of my professional life. Finally, a new era in foreign language education has arrived!"

Ben's Statement of Purpose

I have three wishes:

1. I wish to reach teachers who are struggling to make genuine contact with the students in their classrooms.
2. I wish to do so in an understandable and clear way.
3. I wish to be part of the lightning fast change that is occurring right now in our nation's classrooms, a change that reflects the ancient truth about how people learn languages - with joy first and analysis second, and not the other way around.

Contact/Purchase Order Information:

benslavic.com
email: benslavic@yahoo.com
efax: 270.912.0526

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