Here’s Chris from Western Canada: Tamanawis Secondary, Surrey, BC, Canada. Intro and level 2 Spanish, Social Justice 12, English 9-12. I come to CI via frustration with “communicative” teaching, Michelle Metcalfe’s workshop, and a desire to teach in a way that’s fun and grounded in actual research, rather than in somebody’s misguided fantasy about how […]

I am a first-year teacher in Ohio in my first teaching position. I teach High School Spanish 1 and Spanish 4 at a rural district. I acquired Spanish mainly through speaking it with close friends and my self-designed 5 month study abroad in Veracruz, Mexico where I arrived as a college junior, by myself with

Another bio from SoCal, and many of us are lucky to know this real gentleman from summer conferences: I’m Doug Stone in Orange, CA. I’ve known Ben since San Antonio NTPRS, which was in 2009. Then in Los Alamitos I did some classes with Laurie, the Alaskans, Jody and others where we created a scene

Here’s Lynne’s bio: Allendale Middle School, Allendale, MI 8th grade Spanish. Our district made the decision to switch to TPRS/comprehension based teaching about four years ago.  All our language teachers (there were 5 at the time) went to Ben Slavic training and we have been plugging away ever since.

From Therese in Maine: Hi, my name is Therese Tolliver,  I am a Spanish teacher in Maine, currently teaching Spanish levels 1, 2, and  a 3/4 combined class.  I have been teaching approximately 14 years, the last ten as a TPRS teacher.  I am a colleague of Skip Crosby, and you, Ben,  have been the

This morning a member of our group and a gifted TCI teacher sent me this in an email: …my dream is to work in an alternative school, like a Waldorf school, where kids are treated like human beings, and creativity encouraged…. Then a few minutes later I got another email from someone who just ordered both

Here’s Liam’s bio: Liam O’Neill teaches Chinese at Pascack Valley Regional, a high school district in Bergen County, NJ. He came to CI-based instruction after a couple of Krashen papers and a weekend-long TPRS workshop hooked him!

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A nice bio from Kelly: Hi,My name is Kelly Clark.  I teach in Cheektowaga, NY.  My school district is technically a suburb of Buffalo, although it gets more urban everyday.  We are a Title 1 school and many families in the district are facing serious issues with gangs, drugs and crime.  I currently teach all

We welcome Michael: Hi Ben, Here is my bio. Even though “forced output” is not usually a good thing for TPRS teachers, I’m glad at the chance (or the push) to share a little about myself. I have spent many hours following the conversations on the blog since I joined, and I am looking forward

Here is Susan’s bio: This is my fifth year teaching Spanish to grade school students using TPRS. It is my best year, partly because we naturally get better with more experience, but it also is the first year I have felt free to just talk about the kids in my classes.  I have intended since

Yet another short but no less welcomed bio from Jessica in NYC: New York City. Spanish I, II, III. I thought TPRS made sense as a concept, then I tried it and was amazed by the results! JC