1. METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES
Professor: Maria Luisa Mu
Group Members: Cesar Chiong
Gerard Cooper

2. James J. Asher (1977)

3. UNDERLYING LANGUAGE THEORY

4. 1. THE INFLUENCE OF THE FIRST
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
PROCESS
Children develop listening competence before they
develop the ability to speak

5. 2. THE INFLUENCE OF BRAIN
LATERALIZATION ON LANGUAGE
FUNCTIONS
The child acquires language through motor
movement – a right-hemisphere activity.

6. 3. THE IMPORTANCE OF STRESS
Stress is counterproductive to learning. Learning
through movement liberates the learner from stress.

7. The TPR classroom
Students do a great deal of listening and acting.
“The instructor is the director of a stage play in
which the students are the actors.” (Asher 1977:
43).

8. The TPR classroom
Use of the Imperative Mood.

9. The TPR classroom
Commands encourage students to perform physical
activity and relax.
No verbal response is necessary in the early stages.

10. Sources:
FUNIBER. Methodological Approaches. Arzamendi,
J., Ball, P., Gassó, E., and Hockly, N.
Brown, D. H. (2ooo). Principles of Language Learning
and Teaching. (4th ed.) New York: Longman.
Harmer, J. (2001). The Practice of English Language
Teaching. (3rd ed.) New York: Longman.