CI/TPRS Resources

TPRS/CI Resources at the Grube

Discover 100+ French Leveled Readers available at the Grube, Levels 1-3, Elementary to Secondary

General TPRS/CI

• A Natural Approach to Stories: A Happier Way to Teach Languages by Ben Slavic with Tina Hargaden
  
  

• Fluency Through TPRS Storytelling: Achieving Real Language Acquisition in School, by Blaine Ray and Contee Seely
  
  

• The Big CI Book by Ben Salvic (see video below) - for all languages

On Reading and Story Writing

• A Natural Approach to Stories: A Happier Way to Teach Languages by Ben Slavic with Tina Hargaden
  
  

• Assessing French Proficiency : With Stories, by Eric Herman
  
  

• 97 TRPRS Story Scripts by  Anne Matava
  
  

• 56 Activities to Use With Stories and Readers, by Laura Adams
  
  

On Assessment

• Assessing French Proficiency : With Stories, by Eric Herman
  
  

• Grading for Equity: What it is, why it matters, and how it can transform schools and classrooms, by Joe Feldman
  
  

• Grafted writing : getting students excited about writing - and sharing! by Eric Richards
  
  

• Talk, Read, Talk, Write by Nancy Motley
  
  

On Language Acquisition

• Common Ground: Second Language Acquisition Theory Goes to the Classroom, by Florencia G. Henshaw and Maris D. Hawkins
  
  

• Language Acquisition in a Nutshell: A Primer for Teachers by Bill VanPatten and Russell Simonsen

• While We're On the Topic: BVP on Language, Acquisition, and Classroom Practice, Bill VanPatten, ACTFL (not yet available at the Grube)
  
  

Online Resources

• Shared District Resources Folder: Check out locally developed TPRS resources.
  
  

• TPRSBooks.com: Training with the founder of TPRS, readers, (free) teacher resources. Check it out here.
  
  

• TPRS Online Readers: Get access to TPRSBooks' large leveled library (in many languages) for $1 per student per year.
  
  

• Martina Bex is an impactful, experienced and accomplished TPRS/CI teacher and speaker. Her website is here.
  
  

• Online Comprehensible Input training with Bryan Kandel for Flangoo.com.
  
  

For Spanish Teachers

• Jennifer Degenhardt has wonderful resources.
  
  

• Senior Wooly is a very popular program among Spanish students and teachers.
  
  

• Jalen Waltman offers fantastic online, on-demand Spanish courses on YouTube. 

Google Folder

• Shared District French Resources

Local Research

• Exploring the use of traditional Secwepemc stories to teach language

Billy, Janice E. (2015); Master Thesis, University of Victoria.

• Watch Barb Huva, Core French teacher in Kelowna, teach a TPRS class (5 min.) here.