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TPRS Books Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling is a powerful language teaching method most co With TPRS you can use your existing text.
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History of TPRS
TPR Storytelling was created by Blaine Ray in the 1990's. Teachers all over the world are trying this powerful foreign language teaching method. There is no need to spend money investing in new materials. You can learn the steps and use TPRS right away. This website will help you locate TPR Storytelling training as well as books and other helpful materials. Workshops are held all

over the country, and often there are opportunities to attend an inservice sponsored by a local school district at a reduced rate or even FREE. If workshops are not available in your area, Blaine Ray and other workshop presenters are available to visit your school district.

Have students who are flying past Novice and Intermediate Low... but you're not sure how to take them further?Join Blain...
08/11/2026

Have students who are flying past Novice and Intermediate Low... but you're not sure how to take them further?

Join Blaine Ray for Beyond The Basics 221: Teaching Intermediate and Advanced Students — a 6-hour online TPRS® workshop built for the challenge of keeping fast-processing students engaged and pushing them toward Intermediate High and beyond.

Date: August 13–14, 2026
Time: 4:00–7:00pm Pacific / 7:00–10:00pm Eastern (Q&A after each session)
Location: Zoom

Blaine will unpack the strategies he's used with students he's personally coached for 300+ hours, including a real classroom demo. You'll walk away knowing how to:

•Enhance engagement by quantifying and specifying details
•Use "Describe the Situation" to control pacing
•Set the right linguistic goals for advanced learners
•Get students defending and expanding on their own opinions

Register here:
https://teach.tprsfluency.com/workshop/btb-221-teaching-intermediate-and-advanced-students/

One last workshop before the bell rings: TPRS 101Before the first bell rings and your to-do list explodes, there's still...
08/06/2026

One last workshop before the bell rings: TPRS 101

Before the first bell rings and your to-do list explodes, there's still time to start this coming school year with a plan that actually works.

Most teachers spend the first few weeks of the year scrambling…Figuring out routines, rebuilding momentum, hoping this is the year students finally start speaking. What if you walked in already knowing exactly how to make that happen?

That's what TPRS 101 is for. In four afternoons/evenings next week, you'll learn the tools to get students speaking sooner, thinking in the language faster, and staying engaged without you burning out trying to hold the class together.

Dates: August 10-13, 2026
Time: 4:00 PM–7:00 PM Pacific / 7:00 PM–10:00 PM Eastern (U.S.)
Location: Zoom

Summer's almost gone. Don't start the year the same way. Get energized with TPRS 2.0!

Register here:
https://teach.tprsfluency.com/workshop/tprs-101-online-workshop-getting-started-with-tprs-august-10-13-2026/

Don’t miss our Final FREE WEBINAR of the summer this Wednesday! Teachers often assume TPRS means the teacher talks for m...
08/04/2026

Don’t miss our Final FREE WEBINAR of the summer this Wednesday!

Teachers often assume TPRS means the teacher talks for most (or all) of class. And if you're an introvert, that can be downright exhausting.

If you've had that thought, you're not wrong. Jeremy Jordan (aka Señor Jordan) used to come home drained after teaching with TPRS/CI all day, feeling like he had to be "on" every single minute of every class.

This past year, with TPRS 2.0, that changed. Students started talking more. And Jeremy's energy levels went up, not down, by the end of the school day.

In this webinar, you’ll learn how to create highly interactive classes where students do more of the talking, more of the thinking, and more of the communicating… without sacrificing your energy in the process.

Whether you’re an introvert, extrovert, omnivert, ambivert, or some other kind of “vert” entirely, this webinar is for any teach who wants students speaking more, without burning yourself out along the way.

Register now:
https://teach.tprsfluency.com/workshop/free-webinar-even-introverts-can-have-success-with-tprs-2-0/

Register for Señor Jordan's upcoming Free webinar!
07/31/2026

Register for Señor Jordan's upcoming Free webinar!

World language teachers… Spanish, French, German, Mandarin, and beyond:

Quick question. In your classroom, who's doing more of the speaking in the language… you, or your students?

For most of us trained in traditional TPRS/CI methods, the honest answer is: we are. And it's exhausting.

I'm hosting a free webinar next week with a live demo of TPRS 2.0… where I will actually teach, showing how the ratio flips: students talking more, teachers talking less, and speaking proficiency developing faster than traditional methods typically allow.

No slides about theory first. You'll watch it happen, then we'll break down exactly why it works.

Register now!
https://teach.tprsfluency.com/workshop/free-webinar-even-introverts-can-have-success-with-tprs-2-0/

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Don’t miss TPRS Books’ Free Webinar this Wednesday on Online Teaching Success!More Language, Less Logistics: Building a ...
07/28/2026

Don’t miss TPRS Books’ Free Webinar this Wednesday on Online Teaching Success!

More Language, Less Logistics: Building a Simple, Sustainable Online Language Teaching Business
July 29, 2026 – 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific / 2:00pm – 3:00pm Eastern (U.S. & Canada)

Teaching online transformed Julie Smith’s career because she made a simple decision: keep the focus on teaching, not logistics.

Instead of chasing complicated marketing strategies or juggling countless software platforms, Julie developed streamlined systems that allow her to spend less time managing a business and more time doing what she loves—teaching languages.

In this practical one-hour workshop, Julie will share the tools, workflows, and lessons she has learned while building a thriving online language teaching business. Participants will learn simple approaches to registration, payments, communication, scheduling, and class management that create a professional experience for students while minimizing administrative work.

Whether attendees are exploring online teaching for the first time or looking to simplify an existing business, they will leave with practical ideas, actionable resources, and a clear roadmap for building an online teaching business that allows them to spend less time managing logistics and more time changing lives through language.

Register now:
https://teach.tprsfluency.com/workshop/free-webinar-more-language-less-logistics-building-a-simple-sustainable-online-language-teaching-business/

And you can sign up for final free webinar on being successful with TPRS 2.0 even as an introvert!
https://teach.tprsfluency.com/workshop/free-webinar-even-introverts-can-have-success-with-tprs-2-0/

Don’t miss TPRS Books’ Free Webinar on Improv tomorrow! Improv in the TPRS ClassroomJuly 28, 2026 – 12:00pm – 1:00pm Pac...
07/27/2026

Don’t miss TPRS Books’ Free Webinar on Improv tomorrow!

Improv in the TPRS Classroom

July 28, 2026 – 12:00pm – 1:00pm Pacific / 3:00pm – 4:00pm Eastern (U.S. & Canada)

When keeping the input RICH, making it interesting can be the most difficult challenge.

One teacher is quoted as saying: “Parallel details are my kryptonite!” Fortunately, it doesn’t need to be that way.

Join Von Ray as he uses 13 Rules of Improv to help teachers enliven their lessons with the power of Improv. Don’t allow your class to leak energy. Energize it with your student stars as you facilitate improv strategies that will keep your students guessing at what will happen next.

Register now:
https://teach.tprsfluency.com/workshop/free-webinar-improv-in-the-tprs-classroom/

And you can sign up for our other upcoming free webinars here:
https://teach.tprsfluency.com/workshops/list/?tribe-bar-search=free

Sharpen Your Skills with our upcoming Beyond The Basics Courses!If you’ve been enjoying our free webinars, you might als...
07/26/2026

Sharpen Your Skills with our upcoming Beyond The Basics Courses!

If you’ve been enjoying our free webinars, you might also like as we dive deeper into topics that one hour can’t cover! In the coming weeks here are some Beyond the Basics Courses you don’t want to miss!

BTB 212 – No Pain Language Gains: Establishing Routines to Manage the Language Classroom
July 27-28

BTB 231 – The Improv Advantage: Enhancing Engagement Through Playful Creativity
July 29-30

BTB 221 – Teaching Intermediate and Advanced Students
August 13-14

Register Now!
https://teach.tprsfluency.com/workshops/list/?tribe-bar-search=btb

If you haven’t registered yet, make sure not to miss Joy Orton’s success story about teaching with Mandarin in year 1 th...
07/21/2026

If you haven’t registered yet, make sure not to miss Joy Orton’s success story about teaching with Mandarin in year 1 this week!

Don’t miss it or Señor Jordan’s webinar earlier in the day! And please share with all of your colleagues who teach languages! These are going to be a good time and informative!

TPRS Success: Joy Orton – Intermediate Fluency – Getting Students There in Year 1 of Mandarin

July 22, 2026 – 1:30pm – 2:30pm Pacific / 4:30pm – 5:30pm Eastern (U.S. & Canada)

Are you looking for a system that helps students speak more confidently in class? Have you struggled to find effective resources for teaching Chinese? Wondering if TPRS 2.0 can produce measurable results in a language as challenging as Mandarin?
In TPRS Success Story: Getting Students to Intermediate Fluency in Year 1 of Mandarin, join Joy Orton as she shares how TPRS 2.0 transformed her classroom and helped her students achieve exceptional speaking and writing results–without hours of daily prep work!

Learn how a simple, repeatable instructional framework helped students communicate in complete sentences, create their own story details, and outperform national averages on the STAMP assessment. You’ll also see a live demonstration and hear practical strategies you can implement immediately.

Whether you teach Mandarin or another world language, this webinar will show you how TPRS 2.0 can help students speak more, engage more, and achieve higher levels of fluency.

Register now:
https://teach.tprsfluency.com/workshop/tprs-success-joy-orton-intermediate-fluency-getting-students-there-in-year-1-of-mandarin/

Whew! We are back from NTPRS and ready to continue with our Free Webinar Summer series this week with Señor Jordan teach...
07/21/2026

Whew! We are back from NTPRS and ready to continue with our Free Webinar Summer series this week with Señor Jordan teaching in such a way as to be irreplaceable by AI!

Don’t miss it or Joy Orton’s TPRS Success Story later in the day! And please share with all of your colleagues who teach languages! These are going to be a good time and informative!

Language Teachers: Don’t Be Replaced by AI
July 22, 2026 – 12:00pm – 1:00pm Pacific / 3:00pm – 4:00pm Eastern (U.S. & Canada)

Artificial intelligence is invading numerous spaces. But is education really AI proof? What happens when districts can save money by going to a chatbot? What value do we as world language teachers provide that AI cannot?

The teachers who thrive in the years ahead will be those who create classrooms where students communicate, interact, and develop real speaking confidence.
In this webinar, Jeremy Jordan will share practical strategies from TPRS 2.0 that help students speak more, engage more, and achieve higher levels of fluency through interaction. Learn how to make your classroom more interactive, more effective, and ultimately irreplaceable.

Register now:
https://teach.tprsfluency.com/workshop/language-teachers-dont-be-replaced-by-ai/

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