This document discusses Total Physical Response (TPR), a language teaching method where students learn through physical actions in response to verbal commands. TPR is based on the idea that language acquisition happens in the same way as a child learns their first language through listening before speaking. The teacher gives students instructions which they act out using body movements. This allows students to learn vocabulary, grammar structures, and comprehend language through embodied actions linked to what they hear. The document outlines how TPR can be used in the classroom, its advantages like being memorable and inclusive for different learning styles, and some potential disadvantages if overused or not adapted for higher levels.

1. TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE
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2. Total Physical Response
(TPR)
 What is TPR?
TPR is an approach to teaching a second
language, based on listening linked to
physical activities which are designed to
reinforce comprehension.

3. Total Physical Response
(TPR)
 W is the connection to the classroom?
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 TPR is not always dancing and singing songs!
Generally, we refer to body movement with
instruction to engage learners.
 Students learn by identifying a certain key point to
some action.
 TPR can be used for all curriculum, literacy, science,
math, and so on.

4. Total Physical Response: The
Idea
 Total Physical Response is a language
learning method based on the coordination of
speech and action. This method of learning
was developed by James Asher.

5. The Approach To Total Physical
Response
 According to Asher, some views :
 Second language learning is parallel to first
language learning and should reflect the same
naturalistic processes.
 Listening should develop before speaking.
 Once listening comprehension has been
developed, speech develops naturally and
effortlessly out of it.
 Adults should use right-brain motor activities,
while the left hemisphere watches and learns.

6. When do we use TPR?
 Vocabulary connected with actions (smile,
chop, headache, wriggle)
 Tenses past/present/future and continuous
aspects (Every morning I clean my teeth, I
make my bed, I eat breakfast)
 Classroom language (Open your books)
 Imperatives/Instructions (Stand up, close you
eyes)
 Story-telling

7. How can we use TPR in class?
 In the classroom the teacher plays the role of
parent.
 It is more effective if the students are standing
in a circle around the teacher and you can
even encourage them to walk around as they
do the action.

8. The Secret of Learning
 There is a secret to this way of learning in
many age groups but one that is more
acknowledged is that of an infant learning their
first words.
 When a parent says “Look at daddy”, and the
baby turns to the father and the father then
responds, this becomes a “Language-Body
Conversation.” Although the child is not yet
speaking they are internalizing the patterns
and sounds of the target language.

9. Advantages
 It is fun and easy.
 "TPR is aptitude-free." according to Asher. It is
inclusive working well with a mixed ability
class.
 It is good for kinesthetic learners who need to
be active in the class.
 It is a good tool for building vocabulary.
 It is memorable. Actions help strengthen the
connections in the brain.

10.  It can be used in large or small classes.
 It doesn't require a lot of preparation or
materials.
 It is very effective with teenagers and young
learners.
 It involves both left and right-brained learning.

11. Disadvantages
 While it can be used at higher levels TPR is most
useful for beginners. It is also at the higher levels
where preparation becomes an issue for the
teacher.
 Students are not generally given the chance to
express their thoughts in a creative way.
 It is easy to overuse TPR. "Any novelty, if carried
on too long, will trigger adaptation." Asher writes,
"No matter how exciting and productive the
innovation, people will tire of it.“
 when a teacher uses TPR in their lesson, they will
have trouble teaching abstract vocabulary or
expressions.
 TPR can be ineffective if the teacher uses it for a