Jason Fritze’s classes are one part stand-up comedy, one part drama class. In story after story, Jason entertains his students while at the same time bringing a vast knowledge of methods that guarantee successful language acquisition. It’s hard to believe you’re in a class at all. Jason has lived in Spain and traveled extensively. He brings culture and language to life when he teaches. His personality and immense knowledge of how languages are acquired and how reading contributes to increasing proficiency make him a valuable asset.
Jason is a National Board Certified Teacher in World Languages Other Than English, an author and a presenter. He is originally from Oklahoma, where he taught Spanish and French for seven years in Norman Public Schools and was named teacher of the year after becoming a Comprehension-Based Methods teacher. He has also taught in New Jersey and Tennessee, and his teaching experience spans from early elementary to adult. He regularly presents at state, regional and national language conferences and conducts workshops/in-services for language teachers throughout the United States on Comprehension-Based Methods and Reading Strategies in the WL classroom. Jason has collected hundreds of children’s books in both Spanish and French that he uses to provide additional reading for students. Jason began teaching Spanish and French for Fluency Fast in 2005.
Jason presents in-services for school districts throughout the year on reading as well as Comprehension-Based Methods and is frequently invited to present at state and national conferences as a keynote speaker and workshop presenter.
Jason is unable to respond regularly to email, but here are some answers to frequently asked questions:
Where can I see Jason present?
I usually present in California for LA Stars and at the National TPRS Conference and IFLT. I also teach Advanced Spanish for Fluency Fast. FluencyFast.com carries an online webinar called TPR to TPRS for Elementary Teachers and several language classes that I have taught.
How can I ask a question?
If you have a question about TPRS or Comprehensible Input or teaching strategies, you can also post a question on our Facebook page: IFLT / NTPRS /CI Teaching. I am one of the moderators. If I can’t get to your question, someone else usually can.
Can we hire you to do an in-service for our district/language association?
If you are interested in hiring me to do an in-service, please keep in mind that traveling outside of California during the school year is not always possible. Karen Rowan of Fluency Fast manages my in-service schedule. Please contact her at karen@fluencyfast .com for fees and availability.
Can I observe you teaching?
If you would like to observe me in Laguna Beach, you do not need to make an appointment. Observers can come to El Morro Elementary on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the school year. Please check the school calendar first to make sure we have classes. I am occasionally presenting in-services, but almost always available at the end of the week into the weekend.
Articles about Jason Fritze:
Jason Fritze is the Spirit of Laguna Award Recipient . The award recognizes a District staff member who exemplifies extraordinary service to others.
“I laugh every day with my students. When you tap into the joy that students bring, every day is special.”, says Jason.
Blogs about Jason Fritze:
https://magisterp.com/tag/jason-fritze/
What I learned from Jason Fritze …
Webinar on Reader’s Theater with Karen Rowan
home
Online library of CI lessons from Denver Public Schools
http://www.schooltube.com/channel/dpsworldlanguages/
TPRS / CI Inservice Handout
Backward Planning Template
Embedded Readings
Tea with BVP
ACTFL: While We’re on the Topic: BVP on Language…
Project COACH Kickoff
Here’s a link to my back-to-school “Soy yo” game w/ slides:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ZKMaBRP7KWG4kmNRfWXhcP6NZanMljH1Nhx5Wsz8OLo/edit?usp=sharing
Happy Back to SCHOOL! Let’s have a GREAT year!
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International Leadership Texas Inservice on TPRS & CI
Below you will find PDF files with handouts, tips on SLA, templates, lesson plans and MORE!!! Check out the pages and files tab to your left for more downloadable resources also.
General
TPRS / CI Inservice Handout
Backward Planning Template
Elementary
TPR & TPRS handout with more elementary resources from Jason Fritze
Language Acquisition – It’s Elementary!
Chinese
Tips to Teach Chinese with TPRS from Annick Chen
Reading selection from Les Aventures d’Isabelle by Karen Rowan
Isabelle- Chap 3
Isabelle- Chap 3 (Cont)
Fluency Fast Advanced Spanish @ NTPRS
Prepárense una jarra de mojitos y lean, canten, y vean películas
Chico y Rita
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_y_Rita
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=chico+y+rita
Celia Cruz – La Reina de la Salsa
Biografía
Canciones
https://www.shazam.com/track/59726386/para-tu-altar
El bichón habanero
Canciones de Tony Avila recomendadas por Tony Ávila
Regalao y Mi casa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foeFsbE8Y-Y
Series y películas mencionadas: (muchas en Netflix u otros fuentes)
(OJO estos no se recomiendan para la clase)
Antes que anochezca (autobiografía del poeta cubano Reinaldo Arenas – tema gay).
Celia (serie biográfica aunque un poco ficticia también).
Gran Hotel (serie española costumbrista y melodramática).
El internado.
El tiempo entre costuras (serie dramática que tiene lugar durante la segunda guerra mundial).
Las chicas del cable. (
Velvet. (
Palm Trees in the Snow. (
4 Seasons in Havana. (
Ocho apellidos vascos. (1 & 2)_
International Language Symposium – Brno, Czech Republic
TPR & TPRS handout
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Hey FLENJ! You guys were AMAZING!!!
Here’s a direct link to the handouts since many people had trouble with the address:
https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/0B8esjKv58Hv9bFhCR2pSM0dTZkk
Videos for Movie Talk:
For the input example(s) in French:
Exotic Pets
and maybe a little of…
Mr. Bean:
For Movie Talk coached practice with group:
Octopus in Love
For more practice and to discuss ways to use these techniques with culture:
La Piñata (animated)
Cumpleaños en Acapulco
El niño que tiene miedo de la piñata
Cumpleaños de Nora
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NTPRS 2016
Online library of CI lessons from Denver Public Schools
http://www.schooltube.com/channel/dpsworldlanguages/
Eric Gotchals
My elementary blog:
www.miclaseessuclase.com
Commercial on REYES MAGOS
Web sites and Apps for REYES MAGOS
http://computerhoy.com/listas/apps/webs-aplicaciones-escribir-carta-reyes-magos-8317
RECURSOS para la clase de ESPAÑOL AVANZADO FLUENCY FAST (para adultos, desde luego)
CELIA CRUZ EN CANARIAS
EL CHISME – Celia Cruz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcPdO9icRVY
LA LETRA (lyrics) DE LA CANCIÓN “EL CHISME”
https://www.letras.com/celia-cruz/1555567/
CUBA (videos de la CUBA actual)
Ojalá – canción del cantautor cubano, Silvio Rodríguez (TAREA – día 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=kB9wpKXvr1o
Telenovelas
http://www.telemundo.com/novelas
Latinoamérica
El Retorno de Diana Salazar (México)
Los Ricos También Lloran (México)
Xica da Silva (de Brasil doblado en español)
La Reina del Sur (México)
Escándalo (Perú)
España
El Internado
El Tiempo Entre Costuras (Time Between)
El Gran Hotel
Velvet
Volver – videoclip de la película de Pedro Almodovar, protagonizada por Penelope Cruz
“Yo quiero ser una chica Almodóvar”, canción del cantautor español, Joaquín Sabina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-516Lc3IWk
¿Cuál es para ti la mejor película de Almodóvar? (Lista del Economista) (TAREA – día 1)
http://listas.eleconomista.es/cine/630-cual-es-para-ti-la-mejor-pelicula-de-almodovar
Las 10 mejores pelis (películas) de Pedro Almodóvar (TAREA – día 1)
Entrevista con Pedro Almodóvar, cineasta (TAREA – día 1)
http://www.telecinco.es/informativos/Pedro-Almodovar-Julieta-primera-pelicula_0_2144100076.html
CANCIÓN: Volver- versión de Estrella Morente (letra)
https://www.letras.com/estrella-morente/633017/
VIDEOCLIP: Los amantes pasajeros (la última comedia de Almodóvar, una película muy loca y muy divertida)
Tráiler de la nueva película de Almodóvar, Julieta
Este documental saldrá en septiembre
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/cultura-en-rtvees/documental-almodovar-todo-sobre-ellas-teaser/3634752/
Artículos escritos por Pedro Almodóvar publicado en el periódico español, EL PAÍS
http://elpais.com/autor/pedro_almodovar/a
Así afectan los chismes y cotilleos a nuestro cerebro – artículo de la revista MUY INTERESANTE
http://www.muyinteresante.es/salud/articulo/asi-afectan-los-chismes-y-cotilleos-a-nuestro-cerebro
Esto me suena – un programa de RNE
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/esto-me-suena-las-tardes-del-ciudadano-garcia/
La revista HOLA
http://us.hola.com/hola/realeza/casa_espanola/
La monarquía española
http://www.merca20.com/este-vestido-de-zara-que-la-reina-letizia-ha-lucido-se-ha-agotado-en-las-rebajas/
MUCHAS CANCIONES para EL SUBJUNTIVO
http://vivalamusicaenespanol.weebly.com/canciones-con-subjuntivo.html
LISTAS del Economista
http://listas.eleconomista.es
Curiosidades de los San Fermines
http://listas.eleconomista.es/actualidad/10634-10-curiosidades-de-los-sanfermines
¿Cuál es el actor español más guapo en su opinión?
http://listas.eleconomista.es/sexys/186-vote-al-actor-espaol-ms-guapo
Resources on SLA and research
Stephen Krashen has published many of his articles and papers online for free at his website:
www.sdkrashen.com
Check out the International Journal of Language Teaching
www.ijflt.com
My new favorite thing is Tea w/ BVP. It’s like “Car Talk” for language educators!
www.teawithbvp.com
Professional Literature supporting CI Methods and use of the TL in the classroom
An excellent article from Language Educator Magazine:
Going for 90% Plus: How to Stay in the Target Language by Douglas Crouse
http://www.actfl.org/sites/default/files/TLE_Oct12.pdf
page 22
The quote below comes from a short article from the online journal District Administration:
“A comprehensible input-based method that has produced superior results, when well executed, is Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (Roof & Kreutter, 2010).”
http://www.districtadministration.com/article/second-language-learning
The Action Research article cited above:An Interactive Storytelling Puzzle: Building a Positive Environment in a Second Language Classroom by Lisa Roof and Cheryl Kreutter
Networks: An On-line Journal for Teacher Research, Vol. 12, Issue 1
TPRS resources
You can find the question word posters under RESOURCES at Scott Benedict’s great website:
www.teachforjune.com
Martina Bex has a wonderful blog with scores of great ideas, resources and links:
www.martinabex.com
Online library of CI lessons from Denver Public Schools
http://www.schooltube.com/channel/dpsworldlanguages/
For upcoming trainings in CI methods such as TPRS & other resources check out…
in California:
Project COACH (Orange County, CA)
http://coachforeignlanguageproject.org
LA STARS
Teaching Content through Stories and Comprehensible Input (spring series)
la-stars.net
Fluency Fast
www.fluencyfast.com
iFLT – The International Forum on Language Teaching
https://tprstorytelling.com/conference/
NTPRS
www.ntprs.info
Blaine Ray’s website:
www.tprsbooks.com
TPRS Publishing:
https://tprstorytelling.com
Laurie Clarcq has a calendar of TCI events on her wonderful blog:
http://blog.heartsforteaching.com/upcoming-tprstci-training-opportunities
ESPAÑOL AVANZADO – Fluency Fast
LAS CANCIONES:
canción – Tú me vuelves loco (Frankie Ruiz)
Sí es la época del Mundial (La Copa del Mundo) en Brasil pero también de fiestas importantes en España. Las fiestas de San Fermín en Pamplona empezaron el 7 (siete) de julio y acaban el 14 (catorce) de julio.
Véanlas aquí: http://www.rtve.es/noticias/san-fermin/
LA CASA REAL ESPAÑOLA
vídeo del presidente de la República anunciando la abdicación del Rey de España entre otros (among others)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/140602_rey_juan_carlos_abdicacion_principe_felipe.shtml
¿QUIEREN EXPANDIR EL VOCABULARIO CON OTROS VÍDEOS / TEXTOS EN CASTELLANO (español)?
Want to stretch your comprehension skills in Spanish? REREAD A TEXT / WATCH A VIDEO MULTIPLE TIMES
You might want to try printing out the King’s speech (see link below), reading it and identifying sentences that you understand, making notes. Then rereading while listening to the video. Finally watching the video following along with the text or just watching without it as an additional listening/reading.
Vídeo del Rey Juan Carlos de Borbón y Borbón y dos Sicilias
http://www.casareal.es/ES/Actividades/Paginas/actividades_actividades_detalle.aspx?data=12019
Artículos sobre el Rey
http://www.diariodeleon.es/noticias/espana/rey-rompe-cadera-cazando-elefantes-botsuana_683669.html
http://www.que.es/ultimas-noticias/espana/201406021233-ocho-apellidos-juan-carlos.html
Vídeo de la Reina Sofía
TEATRO – ALERT THIS VIDEO may contain coarse language in Spanish and PUPPET NUDITY
EL ESPEJO NEGRO – un grupo de teatro y títeres que tiene fama por su burla y críticas de la sociedad española:
http://www.elespejonegro.com/index.php/es-puto-cabaret.html
OTROS VÍNCULOS (other links)
My elementary blog:
www.miclaseessuclase.com
Commercial on REYES MAGOS
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=noH51NPI9C4&autoplay=1
Web sites and Apps for REYES MAGOS
http://computerhoy.com/listas/apps/webs-aplicaciones-escribir-carta-reyes-magos-8317
sample Japanese TPRS lesson from Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2j9vtJZlbU&list=UU-zAQmpvGdrOM161qsdBCDQ
Cosmo Talks
Learn about the African Grey parrot, Cosmo
http://www.cosmotalks.com/
In this very interesting TED talk, Susan Ravage reminds us that we cannot TEACH language….
A TOUCH OF GREATNESS
Visit this PBS page a click the link for a preview of the documentary. You’ll be inspired.
Schools kill creativity, a Ted talk by Sir Kenneth Robinson