NEW WORKSHOP: Teaching proficiency through reading and storytelling (TPRS): A guide to co-created class stories
Three-part online workshop on learning how to use Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS) and co-created class stories in the language classroom delivered live by Dr. Liam Printer of The Motivated Classroom podcast.
How is the workshop structured?
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About the presenter
- Dr. Liam Printer is a published author and has been a teacher of English, French & Spanish in a variety of settings for over 16 years. He currently teaches Spanish at The International School of Lausanne in Switzerland where he is also the ‘Leader of Pedagogical Innovation’, focusing on bringing research into classroom practice. Liam has been teaching with a CI-based approach for over 10 years and has been invited to present on CI techniques at the Agen CI Conference in France as well as a at a number of international conferences.
- He has been invited as the Keynote speaker at a number of International Language Learning conferences and he also lectures on the Post-graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) course with the University of Durham and the International School of Geneva. He completed his Doctorate on ‘the motivational pull of teaching languages through storytelling with CI’ at the University of Bath. Liam now hosts The Motivated Classroom podcast which has had over 310,000 downloads of its 103 episodes to date.
- Liam has delivered full day training workshops on TPRS and co-created storytelling at a variety of schools as well as at the European Council for International Schools Multi-Lingual Conference in London.
What will we learn during the workshop?
- The workshop is aimed at modern foreign language (MFL) teachers or world language teachers who want to learn more about the Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS) method of language instruction and how to start to use co-created class stories in the language classroom to build motivated, engaged learners.
- This training workshop on TPRS and co-created storytelling takes participants through the whole story creation process, step-by-step from setting up the ground rules right through to finishing the story and assessing students' knowledge.
- The workshop will demonstrate how to start a TPRS story, build the storyline and narrative through co-creation and story asking.
- Throughout the workshop, participants will receive a host of mini strategies, activities and tools that allow teachers to provide rich, compelling, comprehensible inputs (CI) alongside the TPRS story.
- For part of the workshop you will be ‘students’ in my class, participating in a 'live' TPRS stories and experiencing the magic of a co-created story through the eyes of a student.
- At the end of the workshop, participants will have the tools and resources to try out the following techniques in their classrooms:
- Setting the ground rules for a TPRS story.
- Beginning a TPRS story using student autonomy and inputs.
- Building a TPRS co-created story using student voice and ideas.
- Developing parallel characters.
- Using student images for retrieval practice of the TPRS story.
- Embedded readings for more inputs using the narrative from the story.
- 'Time writes' to assess student proficiency at the end of the story.
- A variety of 'classroom jobs' to build relatedness and bonds in the classroom.
- Formal summative assessments of a co-created TPRS story.
What previous attendees said about Motivated Classroom workshops:
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The Motivated Classroom CI Workshop provides such an excellent balance of theory/research and practical tips, along with opportunities for participants to practice skills. The workshop has encouraged me to consider my practice and how I may be able to improve my teaching. I am excited to work to improve my teaching skills in the coming year and am grateful for a supportive community in my fellow workshop participants to reach out to along the way.
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This is a great session for anyone who is new to CI teaching. It gives the WHY and the HOW. It was amazing, and I would take it again.
I came away feeling confident that I had some engaging and compelling tasks that I could use immediately in my lessons. It was very interesting to be able to get specific tasks and activities that we could then practice and discuss with other teachers across the globe, in lots of different contexts - it really helped me look at my context from a different perspective and start thinking about changing things up!
I came away feeling confident that I had some engaging and compelling tasks that I could use immediately in my lessons. It was very interesting to be able to get specific tasks and activities that we could then practice and discuss with other teachers across the globe, in lots of different contexts - it really helped me look at my context from a different perspective and start thinking about changing things up!
- Joanna, French teacher, UK
- Amanda, French teacher, Canada
- Arwen, French teacher, Canada
- Shelly, Italian teacher, Boston MA
- Irina, French teacher, Canada.
- Lexandra, Spanish teacher, elementary. Quebec.
What is included in the course fee?

Included in the €220 course fee:
By registering for this workshop, you are also supporting two projects that are close to my heart with 10% of all course fees going directly to:
- The six hour live and interactive training course (3 x 2 hours)
- Pre-course questionnaire analysis
- Post-course e-mail support
- Three 15-30 minute Q&A videos within 24 hours of each session
- All presentations, handouts and resources will be provided digitally
- A Motivated Classroom post-course certificate of attendance entitled "Teaching proficiency through reading and storytelling (TPRS): A guide to co-created class stories"
By registering for this workshop, you are also supporting two projects that are close to my heart with 10% of all course fees going directly to:
- The Rainforest Trust environmental protection project to help save our planet from destruction.
- Providing sporting and integration opportunities to refugees with the EVAM refugee welcome centres in Switzerland.
Group bookings / Purchase orders:
- If you require a purchase order for your school or a pro-forma invoice, please contact me with the details required.
- Places are not secure until the payment has been made.
Book here now:
- Reduced fees are available to:
- Patrons of The Motivated Classroom podcast
- Trainee teachers currently enrolled on a teaching training programme.
- People who are currently unemployed.
- Click on the "Book Now" button below to secure your place now.
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