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Paul R. Beeman

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Paul has lived and worked internationally as a Human Resource Development Consultant in Jordan, France, Senegal and Tunisia. Passionate about language, he has studied and speaks French, Wolof and Tunisian Arabic.

Throughout his experience learning language, he realized he was missing a tool. After studying Tunisian Derja using the GPA method, he realized the missing piece was a self-led image based curriculum. A tool that can be used by itself or alongside formal language study programs to introduce and reinforce vocabulary.

After a year of development, he created his first book: The Wordless Language Learning Guide . A book that packages his language learning experience into a format that everyone can use!

Subsequently, he developed several o ...more

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Paul R. Beeman As someone who enjoys culture and language, I want to everyone to have access to amazing tools for adjusting to life in a new country or culture.
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Paul R. Beeman When I studied French and Wolof, I felt like I was missing a tool. I then studied Tunisian Arabic using the Growing Participator Approach (GPA). As I …moreWhen I studied French and Wolof, I felt like I was missing a tool. I then studied Tunisian Arabic using the Growing Participator Approach (GPA). As I followed this process, I realized what was missing when I studied French and Wolof.

So much time is lost when we translate between languages as we study them. GPA eliminates translation from language study, yet is not available in all places or for all languages. I wanted to make it available to everyone!

In order to do this, I needed a ton of images. This is when I started drawing. As I did, the Wordless Language Learning Guide started to form! While it is not 100% GPA, it applies similar techniques. Introducing concepts to learners with images rather than translation. It's a guide that anyone can use to teach or learn a language!(less)
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