63rd Annual MALT Spring Conference 

April 20-21 2018
Great Falls, MT
with keynote speaker
Craig Sheehy

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​Craig, a former high school student of Blaine Ray (inventor of TPRS), has been teaching in the Nampa School District in Nampa, Idaho since 2005. He has taught all levels of Spanish and has taught as an adjunct professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Boise State University since 2003 and the College of Western Idaho since 2009. Craig learned TPRS as a student teacher and has been using it with his students ever since. Craig started presenting TPRS Workshops in 2011 and has presented at the National TPRS Conference since 2014. Craig currently resides in Nampa with his family.

​2018 MALT Spring Conference

​Conference Schedule

Friday, April 20:

• 8:00-8:30 Registration and set-up at Holiday Inn Express conference room (light refreshments provided)
• 8:30-12:00 Craig Sheehy (see workshop schedule below)
• 12:00-12:30 Lunch (catered by Penney's Gourmet to Go **for pre-registered attendees only**)
• 12:30-1:00  MALT Business Meeting
• 1:00-4:00 Craig Sheehy (see workshop schedule below)
• 4:00-4:30 BREAK
• 4:30-7:00 EF Tours Hosted Happy Hour with Janine Cruz and Justin Woollacott at the Loft Bar at 5th and Wine, Wines by Wednesday, 214 5th St South

Saturday, April 21:

• 8:00-9:00 MALT Book Club: "Irresistible" by Adam Alter hosted by Mona Whiteman
• 9:00-12:00 Craig Sheehy (see workshop schedule below)

​Workshop Rundown

 2 DAY TRAINING INCLUDES the following essential aspects of TPRS:

1. Explanation of SLA principles that inform best practices in language acquisition and TPRS.
2. The “student experience” of attendees learning a new language.
3. Attendee practice and coaching sessions

1. SLA PRINCIPLES
Second Language Acquisition Theory

• Understand the difference between acquisition and learning
• Learn why acquisition trumps learning
• Find out which teaching practices enhance acquisition
• Discover when, how, and why to teach grammar for the best results

2. STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Learn a new language

• Learn to understand, speak, read, and write a new language
• Experience TPRS as a student
• Experience the pacing, techniques, and questioning that make TPR Storytelling® so effective

The Three Steps of TPRS®

• Experience the three steps as a student
• Dissect the process from the teacher’s perspective
• Determine activities that enhance each step

Using Reading to Enhance Acquisition

• How to implement guided reading
• How brains naturally link meaning & decode
• Teaching techniques, discussion techniques
• Why linking meaning is necessary

3. ​PRACTICE
Scaffolded Questions

• Learn how to make 12 questions from one statement through “Circling”
• Partner Practice “circling”
• Make a circling script for your own needs
• Learn and practice 7 tips on how to make input comprehensible, repetitive and interesting.

Hands-On Practice

• Scaffolded questions (circling) in a variety of situations, for different levels
• Creating personalized questions that are engaging and highly comprehensible
• Combine PQA and circling
• Adding details to maintain engagement

Make Grammar Meaningful

• How to teach grammar so that all students can improve their accuracy

Other Conference Information

Holiday Inn Express
1625 Marketplace Dr. 
Great Falls, MT  59404
406-453-4000
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Reservation Information
​Double Room for $109 if you mention MALT  block rate
Single Rooms for $145 outside of the block rate