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Putting It Together Teachers Guide  by Elizabeth Skelton and Denise Milligan

The first TPRS Curriculum for adult and secondary English Language Learners.  The 200 page Teacher’s Guide is a comprehensive curriculum for teaching English to beginning through low intermediate adult and secondary English Language Learners using TPRS. The Teachers Guide includes suggested gestures, questions, commands, and mini-scenarios for each target vocabulary phrase in each story. The chapters are divided according to the adult competencies of consumer economics, health, community, housing, and employment. Cultural connections and additional activities are also included.  Click here for a sample lesson from the Teachers Guide.

Putting It Together Student Book by Elizabeth Skelton and Denise Milligan

The Student Book has 45 stories including pictures, listening, reading, and writing activities for beginning to low intermediate adult English Language Learners.  The first chapter builds basic vocabulary for beginners through TPR and the following 9 chapters are divided according to the adult competencies of consumer economics, health, community, housing, and employment.  Each chapter includes a 4 block picture for 4 mini-stories and one main story, in which all the new vocabulary and structures of the four mini-stories are recycled. Click here for a sample from the student guide.

Todo Junto libro del estudiante: (translation of Putting it Together Student Book)  traducido por Piedad Gutiérrez. 

This is the translation of the popular English student book.  The pictures are the same, but the stories have been modified to be culturally and linguistically accurate for adult Spanish classes.

El propópisto de las serie Todo junto es proveer un currículo comprehensivo para enseñar español a adultos no natives usando el método de TPRS.  Click Here for a sample from the translation.

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DVD video and Teachers Guide  “TPRS as a sheltering strategy for English Language Learners” by Elizabeth Skelton

This 42-minute, professionally edited video illustrates the 3 basic steps of TPRS with English language learners in lower elementary, upper elementary, secondary and adult classrooms.  The three steps are thoroughly illustrated and explained.  Teachers in the video use the TPRS method in grade level science, social studies, and language arts classes.  English Language Learners are featured in pull-out, sheltered and mainstream classrooms.  Beth Skelton narrates the video, explains the steps and guides the viewer through the method.  The accompanying Teachers' Manual provides additional information to enable viewers to practice and master each step of TPRS, personalize the method to their teaching situation, and read more extensively about second language acquisition and research supporting the method.  An extensive resource list is also provided.

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