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Hi Leslie.

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TPRS started in the 1980's in Ontario, Oregon. I was experimenting with CI and discovered that kids learned languages easily with stories.

That was a major problem at first. Lots of incomprehensible input.

I believe the idea of CI was published in the book The naturaly Approach by Krashen and Terrell in 1983 or 84.

This took a long time to develop and to perfect. It is much much better now than in the early 90s.

TPRS is teaching a sentence of a story until we see confidence and accuracy in our student actors.

When we see hesitation or a lack of confidence in our student actors then we have to circle and add a character to practice that sentence.

When we see confidence, then we add more information to the story. more details

I think principals want to look for student engagement.

Circling is practicing a sentence with repetitive questions. It is our way to practice the sentence. (mainly the verb).

Circling keeps a teacher on a verb and keeps the teacher practicing the verb

We only speak slowly when we feel the need (lack of comprehension.)

You can repeat it too much. If student actors are answering with confidence we don't circle

We are constantly searching for something the students need to practice. We circle only what they need. If they are confident we don't cir

The more I teach the more I see the POWER of teaching to the eyes.

@pepinosuave @pleezebethehobo Teaching to the eyes (looking for students who don't understand) is a key to what we do.

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