TPRS with Chinese Characteristics: Making Students Fluent and Literate through Comprehended Input

Author:   Terry T Waltz ,  Kristine Wogstad
Publisher:   Squid for Brains
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9781946626004


Pages:   186
Publication Date:   27 May 2015
Format:   Paperback
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Have you read or heard about TPRS, but don't quite know where to begin? A little hesitant about teaching a hard language like Chinese using Comprehensible Input? Or would you like some inspiration from a different angle to spark your teaching in a common language like Spanish or French? TPRS with Chinese Characteristics summarizes fifteen years of teaching Chinese using TPRS/CI. Focused on classroom practice, the book presents tested, effective strategies and skills that will allow you to leave the myth of Chinese as a difficult language -- or indeed any language being difficult to master -- far behind your students. The book provides clear, basic descrptions and hints for using TPRS to provide comprehended oral input. This basic phrase is applicable to all languages, though the examples center on Chinese and its specific challenges such as tones. The reading section offer a variety of reading activities and modalities to help teachers stuck on keeping reading from becoming routine and boring. From tones, Pinyin, and reading instruction to writing prompts and output, TPRS with Chinese Characteristics fills in the gap between traditional Spanish- and French-focused TPRS training and the special challenges faced by students of Chinese as well. Chinese teachers, and those teaching other non-WYSIWYG scripts such as Japanese, will find many hints on making students joyful, fluent readers of these difficult writing systems.

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Author:   Terry T Waltz ,  Kristine Wogstad
Publisher:   Squid for Brains
Imprint:   Squid for Brains
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.254kg
ISBN:  

9781946626004


ISBN 10:   1946626007
Pages:   186
Publication Date:   27 May 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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The right book at the right time. --Stephen Krashen, Ph.D.I teach Russian, not Chinese, and this is still the best book ever. If you want to learn to teach comprehensibly, Terry Waltz is your woman. (She also does presentations and webinars.) I love knowing that Terry is a researcher who is extremely data-driven, because that's important in our current educational climate. But she's also a fabulous teacher who can teach a stone to speak Chinese. (I'm that stone.) And she knows how to explain the steps so that teachers can follow them. --Michaela RobertovnaThis is a concise and complete explanation of TPRS for teachers of ANY language. Waltz writes with a clear style using everyday language making the complex concepts easy to understand. Chinese teachers and professionals who train Chinese teachers will appreciate the numerous examples of the unique aspects of learning the Chinese language. --Janice Holter KittockTerry Waltz has taught Mandarin using comprehensible input for fifteen years. A PhD, international presenter, linguist, teacher, and professional translator, Waltz knows as much about comprehensible input as anyone alive. If you teach Chinese, you want to up your pedagogical game, and you want your students to learn with ease, this is where you start. -- Chris Stolz


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