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Beth O’Connor

Here’s a bio from Beth in Vermont. It’s no problem that these aren’t novels, y’all. Just get them in: I teach high school Spanish. I teach at Essex High School in Essex Jct, VT.   I am a believer in CI but I am still learning how to apply that belief in my classroom.  I am […]

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Dennis Gallagher

This bio is from that strong Maine group: My name is Dennis Gallagher and I teach French and Spanish at Greely Middle School (grades 6, 7 and 8)  in Cumberland, Maine.  In October of 2011, after attending a Susan Gross two-day workshop, our entire department (six teachers) voluntarily switched to TPRS/CI.  We stored our books

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David Hardy

Another bio from Texas, describing a neat story from David Hardy that goes back to the beginnings of TPRS years ago: Hi, I’m David Hardy, a French teacher in Carrollton, Texas who has been ‘lurking’ for awhile: I’m really busy and still a little intimidated to post. I teach levels 1 and mixed 3/4 classes. I have

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Debbie Shipman

Another California bio, this one from Debbie: My name is Debbie Shipman.  I teach upper level Spanish at University Preparatory School in Redding, California.  I also teach adult students how to teach English as a second language using Comprehension Based Input at Global Connections Language Institute.  I have used TPRS / CBI for over 15

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Sara Bieker

Proving that short bios work just fine, here is Sara’s: I’m currently teaching English in Spain.  Previously, I taught Spanish (trying my best to use TPRS, but dang was it hard) for 2 years in Texas.  I don’t think anyone in Spain has heard of this method…they are definitely a by the book kind of

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Scott Grapin

My name is Scott Grapin, and I teach Spanish in northern NJ.  This is my second year teaching, and I currently teach SpEd Spanish 1, Spanish 2, and Advanced Spanish 4.  I first learned about CI/TPRS in my teacher preparation program at the University of Virginia (Curry School).  Prior to my student teaching internship, Susan

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Sarah Downey

Here is Sarah Downey’s bio from Savannah, GA: 2 years ago I decided to put the textbooks in the closet and I started to use Look I Can Talk. Even though I now know more about PQA and CI the responses I got from students where outstanding. They were describing stories by looking at illustrations,

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Holly Connelly

From Holly in the Quaker state: Hi Ben, I work at the Academy of the New Church Secondary Schools near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I have been teaching French 1, 2 and 3 for about two years now. This is my first teaching position ever. When I was hired, my department head suggested I go to the

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Aree Ogir

Another teacher in the Atlanta area in our group. Thanks for this bio, Aree: My name is Aree Ogir and I teach Spanish in the metro Atlanta area.  I am completing my sixth year of teaching.  I have been attempting comprehension based teaching for 5 1/2 of those years, after attending a TPRS workshop conducted

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Alison Thompson

Another bio, this one from Alison in Washington: Hi everyone, This will need to be short and sweet, but will cover the basics.  I teach at a medium-sized suburban high school in Spokane, Washington.  I’ve taught all levels of French during the last 15 years.  Right now, I  teach the level one students so that

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Look & Discuss 3

Q. Greg Stout asked: I’m trying to start using this as a break from stories, but I’m having troubled conceptualizing how I can make this last for an entire class. I think I understand how to start, but how do you all prolong L & D to keep the CI going for the whole class?

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