2. Total physical response (TPR)
Short phrases
Easy language: simple present
Describe movements: language and
action.
Songs, stories, commands
Language acquisition
3. TPR: phases
Teacher talks and acts
Teacher talks and teacher & pupils act
Teacher talks and pupils act
Pupil talks and acts
4. TPR examples
The wheels of the bus
Mulberry bush
This is the way…
6. Touch your nose,
Touch your chin
That’s the way this game begins.
Touch your eyes
Touch your knees
Now pretend you’re going to sneeze
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Touch your hair,
Touch one ear,
Touch your two reds lips right here,
Touch your elbows where they bend,
That’s the way this touch game ends.
7. Total Physical Response (TPR)
"Babies don't learn by memorizing lists;
why should children or adults?"
8. Total Physical Response (TPR)
Example of Activity
This is an example of an effective TPR activity that students can perform at
their seats. Each student has a kit such as the interior of a kitchen. Then you
say in the target language, "Put the man in front of the sink.“ With your play
board displayed so that it is clearly visible to the students, you place the man
in the kitchen of your kit and your students follow by performing the same
action in their kits.