TPR

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TPR Total Physical Response

• Learning English through Actions
• To help EL 98 EL 99 Students avoid using their
  native tongue

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Inspirational Quote

• "The lasting measure of good teaching is what the
  individual student learns and carries away"
• Barbara Harrell Carson, 1996,
• Thirty years of stories

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Introduction

• Total Physical Response is a stress-free
  technique which can play an essential role in
  developing language skills.
• With a dialogue, a pattern drill, a story, a game
  or a skit help your students move smoothly from
  one activity to another and keep them motivated
  all the time.

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HOW !!!

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

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ACT 1

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

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ACT 2

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

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WHEN WHY !!!

• 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
• To develop language skills
• To build vocabulary
• To clarify verb tenses Q/A patterns

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• Best wishes for lifelong enjoyable learning

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MAIN REFERENCES

• TPR WorldTPR World using the Total Physical
  Response method developed by Dr. James J.Asher
  for learning languages, math and
  science.www.tpr-world.com/ - 17k -
• Total Physical Response bilingual
  education,TPR,ESL,Language ...Offers total
  physical response materials, videos, and teacher
  training workshops.www.tprsource.com/ - 6k -

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MAIN REFERENCES

• Total Physical Response StorytellingArticle by
  Valeri Marsh explaining the employment of this
  communicative teachingtechnique in the
  classroom.www.tprstorytelling.com/story.htm -
  16k -
• TPRS Publishing800-TPRISFUN 800-877-4738 local
  480-821-8608 fax [phone] PO Box
  11624Chandler, AZ 85248. Important notice It
  has been brought to our attention by
  ...www.tprstorytelling.com/ - 7k -

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MAIN REFERENCES

• What is TPR - 2003 2004 Update bilingual
  education, ESL ...TPR is based on the premise
  that the human brain has a biological program
  ...My answer, however, is that TPR is a powerful
  right-brain tool at all levels ...www.tprsource.c
  om/asher.htm - 27k -