The growing participator approach combines Vygotskyan sociocultural theory with a mainstream psycholinguistic understanding of language processing, a conception of languacultural growth as peace building, and continuous transformation. “It’s not a language to be learned but a life to be lived.”
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Growing Participator Approach 
December 6th, 2011 at 5:54 pm
Greg Thomson is an exceptional expert in LL.
December 13th, 2012 at 7:33 pm
I agree!^^
June 24th, 2013 at 8:11 am
we are opening a linguacultural center in Riyadh, KSA using the GPA method as described here. I used it myself to learn Arabic over the last 4 years. I am hoping to connect with G.T. directly to get advice about the program and see what training might be available to ensure that we remain ‘true’ to the program.
August 7th, 2013 at 7:51 pm
He sometimes visits this website. I’ll try to pass on the information as well that you would like to get in touch with him.
August 24th, 2015 at 2:09 pm
I live in Riyadh Saudi Arabia and want to learn Arabic from some Saudi friends who want to learn English from me in return (using the GPA paradigm). Is there a GPA facilitator who can tutor us in how to start the process?
July 18th, 2013 at 11:20 am
I love this method so much. I would like to know more about the authors and GPA.
Thuỳ Dung- Vietnam- my email: dung312012@yahoo.com.vn
September 10th, 2013 at 2:28 am
Three of us have formed a non-profit and currently use GPA to train folks before they leave the US how to get started using GPA when they move overseas. We focus on the first two phases, but are working to incorporate a greater understanding of Phase 3, as well. Greg, Angela and Becky have been great mentors to us over the last few years as we’ve developed this training. We are just buildng our website and hope to blog more about the specifics of GPA along the way. http://engagemosaic.com/
July 11th, 2014 at 11:10 pm
I am traveling to Sao Paulo, Brazil on Monday and looking for a language school to learn Portuguese. Is GPA in Brazil??
July 17th, 2014 at 10:55 am
Is there a PDF form of all the resources available?
December 19th, 2016 at 5:19 pm
I don’t at the moment, but I could make some of them as pdfs if you would like?
July 30th, 2014 at 5:45 pm
Can you contact me about GPA in the US?
September 7th, 2014 at 4:02 am
I’m teaching a foreigner using GPA. It’s truely useful. Thank you!
May 5th, 2015 at 9:28 am
Growing Participator Approach: Our Experience as Amharic Students and Teachers of Spanish and Russian Languages by Roser Noguera Mas and Gulnara Baiguatova
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042815019680
September 4th, 2015 at 3:33 pm
I have used this approach to teach. I think this approach is useful to learn spoken language.I would like to know more about the authors and GPA. Thank you !
November 23rd, 2015 at 8:16 pm
Does anyone know of a GPA program for learning Hebrew in Israel?
December 19th, 2016 at 5:16 pm
I don’t think there is one yet. The nice thing about the GPA program is that you can do it on your own.
March 11th, 2016 at 9:26 am
Hi. I’m trying to help out some GPs. Do you know of anywhere I could access a copy of Phase 2 in French?
May 28th, 2016 at 12:12 am
Thank you thank you thank you for putting this all up here. So helpful!!
December 19th, 2016 at 5:15 pm
I’m glad we can be of help! We’ll try to keep on adding more useful information.
September 14th, 2016 at 4:33 pm
How show I get any book with those steps and lexicon book? Can you help me?
September 24th, 2016 at 5:49 pm
[…] and I are studying Vietnamese with a “nurturer,” using the Growing Participation Approach, in which we spend the first 100 hours just listening—over and over. We take videos of our new […]
December 18th, 2019 at 1:24 am
Dear Almond, if you see this, let me know.
Greg Thomson