I’m Ready to Learn the TPRS Method! Where Do I Start? Five Planks on the Bridge to TPRS - Plank 1

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I’m Ready to Learn the TPRS Method! Where Do I Start? Five Planks on the Bridge to TPRS - Plank 1

Overview and Plank 1  

If you are absolutely new to TPRS, you can learn the basics - enough to get started - in a day or a weekend.  (I’ve even read of some teachers who took a 3-hour seminar, and dove in just on that - depends on your personality and skill set, I guess!) Below, I’ve listed 5 'planks' on the bridge to becoming a TPRS teacher and gathered resources for each step.

Plank 1: Get a feel for TPRS....

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Five TPRS Curricula Compared: A Table

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Five TPRS Curricula Compared: A Table

For those of us who like tables, I’ve compared 5 of the complete TPRS curricula in a Table to read and download. I looked at the Spanish versions of each curriculum. Remember that Ray’s curriculum is also available in French and German.  Gaab’s curriculum is available in French, German, English and Japanese.  Hommel’s curriculum will soon be available in Italian, and down the road, in French. Bex’ and Ramirez’ curricula are only available in Spanish.  For Mandarin, refer to Terry Waltz’ website, terrywaltz.com.  For Latin, start with magister.com for some TPRS stories, and also johnpiazza.net.  Both tprsbooks.com and fluencymatters.com offers novels in many languages.

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