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The Strong Man

The culture of relying on books and computer programs to teach a foreign language, which is a crazy thing indeed if you truly get what CI really is, cannot possibly succeed. It involves such a shallow

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Look and Discuss 1

I just wanted to share what I did one day last week. I put up an image of a city by a river (projected through the LCD from boston.com the big picture) and talked about

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Hayne Painter

Dear Ben, My name is Hayne Painter and I’m a Spanish Teacher at Pinewood Preparatory School in Summerville, SC.  I wanted to thank you for being a guide and mentor to me as I discover

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Rebekah Gambrell

So I teach preschool through Spanish 3 at a small Christian charter school.  This is my first year using TPRS and this is my 3rd year teaching.  I have the elementary and middle school only

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