Promoting Comprehensible Input and Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling Methods in Foreign Language Classes

This project addresses the need for easy to use and follow resources for foreign language teachers who are interested in switching their traditional textbook based classes to Comprehensible Input and Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling method based classes. The purpose of this project is to provide foreign language teachers with a unit of lesson plans to use Comprehensible Input and Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling methods in their classrooms for the semester of their first year using these methods for a level 1 foreign language middle-high school class. The project consists of a website that includes a 16-week pacing guide unit of lessons along with examples of how to complete these activities and where to access more of these resources. This project is significant because it will allow teachers of foreign language who have been intrigued by Comprehensible Input and Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling methods to feel more comfortable abandoning traditional textbook based classes and help their student successfully acquire the targeted language.