TPR “Total Physical TPR “Total Physical Response”Response”

Learning English Learning English through Actionsthrough Actions

To help EL 98 & EL 99 To help EL 98 & EL 99 Students avoid using Students avoid using their native tonguetheir native tongue

Inspirational Quote:Inspirational Quote:

"The lasting measure of good "The lasting measure of good teaching is what the individual teaching is what the individual student learns and carries student learns and carries away"away"

Barbara Harrell Carson, 1996, Barbara Harrell Carson, 1996,

Thirty years of storiesThirty years of stories

Introduction:Introduction:

Total Physical Response is a stress-Total Physical Response is a stress-free technique which can play an free technique which can play an essential role in developing language essential role in developing language skills. skills.

With a dialogue, a pattern drill, a With a dialogue, a pattern drill, a story, a game or a skit help your story, a game or a skit help your students move smoothly from one students move smoothly from one activity to another and keep them activity to another and keep them motivated all the time.motivated all the time.

HOW !!!

Use the lessons in Use the lessons in your book as a your book as a dramatic script in dramatic script in which you are the which you are the director of the director of the play and your play and your students are the students are the actors.actors.

ACT 1ACT 1

Utter directions in the target Utter directions in the target language and act with the students language and act with the students for the first part of the lesson so for the first part of the lesson so that they instantly understand the that they instantly understand the meaning of what you are saying. meaning of what you are saying. “Stand up, sit down, switch off “Stand up, sit down, switch off your mobile……”your mobile……”

ACT 2ACT 2

Later in Act 2 of the play, students Later in Act 2 of the play, students will be ready to reverse roles with will be ready to reverse roles with you and utter directions in the you and utter directions in the target language to produce actions target language to produce actions from you and other students in the from you and other students in the class.class.

WHEN & WHY !!!

EARLY STAGES:EARLY STAGES:To allow the Ss to respond without fear or hesitation To relieve the pressure on the Ss to speak before they are ready to do so

ALL STAGES:ALL STAGES:To develop language skillsTo build vocabularyTo clarify verb tenses & Q/A patterns

Best wishes Best wishes for lifelong for lifelong enjoyable enjoyable

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