Comprehension Based Language Lessons - Softcover

Woodruff, Margaret S

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0940296357 ISBN 13: 9780940296350

Publisher: Sky Oak Productions, 2017

Synopsis

Inspired by the pioneer research of Dr. James J. Asher, Dr. Margaret Woodruff and her team developed and tested stress-free TPR lessons for German with hundreds of students at the University of Texas in an experimental program funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The results were a stunning success!  She discovered scores of tips and tricks to move your students into fluency in any language.
 

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About the Author

Dr. Margaret S. Woodruff has taught German to students from ages 6 to 18 at summer camps, the University of Texas, and at community colleges in Texas. In addition, she has presented, throughout the country, numerous Total Physical Response (TPR) workshops to language teachers at all levels. Dr. Woodruff has successful experience as a teacher, researcher, book editor, free-lance translator, and writer of numerous short stories, poems, and essays. She holds a Ph.D. in Germanic Languages from the University of Texas at Austin and also a secondary teaching certificate for both German and English. Dr. Woodruff studied for a year in Berlin, participated in Goethe-Institute seminars, and traveled extensively throughout West Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. For outstanding work in the successful application and research with Dr. James J. Asher's TPR, Dr. Margaret Woodruff (together with Dr. Janet King Swaffar), received the prestigious Paul Pimsleur Award from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sky Oak Productions
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0940296357
• ISBN 13: 9780940296350
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 292
• Illustrator: Wieding Del