Nathan Jacobson
About
Nathan is an American expat who has been living in Busan, South Korea since Feb. 2016. He worked with EPIK for 5 years and is currently working part-time at an academy for his final year in Korea. Nathan began acquiring Spanish as a Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS) student in April of 2020 and within 4 months had sufficient proficiency to begin teaching Spanish to beginners concurrently to being an intermediate-mid student (leveled by ACTFL standards via their Spanish Oral Proficiency Interview). He also began teaching German and Korean via TPRS in 2021 and maintains classes in all three languages. During 2020 - 2021 he was part of a 16-week bimonthly training as well. When not absorbed with language acquisition either as a student or teacher, Nathan enjoys practicing piano, ear-training, meditating, yoga, video games and epic fantasy audiobooks. You can contact him at: nsccj@hotmail.comSessions
Synchronous (Session) Language Acquisition with TPRS - Teaching Proficiency Through Reading and Storytelling more
Sat, Nov 6, 12:00-13:15 Asia/Seoul
During the first 20 minutes, participants will gain an introductory understanding of the basic theory behind the current form of TPRS as of its developments this past year, 2020, originally created by Blaine Ray in the late 1980s - early 1990s. Participants will also receive technical explanations of the main ingredients of a TPRS lesson: adding a detail or character, circling, triangling, and "Describe the Situation". The next 40 minutes will be devoted to a student experience of a TPRS German lesson in which participants will gain microfluency in German through interaction with the presenter by answering questions in German and retelling the story in German using their own words, supported and scaffolded every step of the way. The final 15 minutes will include a debriefing period for reflections as well as Q&A to deepen the experience from both the student and teacher perspectives. MYSTERY EASTER EGG