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THE PPP Teaching Method 
Presentation, Practice, & 
Production 
By 
Jenny Nieto
What is The PPP Method? 
• The "PPP" approach to Language Teaching is the 
most common modern methodology employed by 
professional schools around the world. This method 
for teaching language items follows a sequence of 
presentation of the item, practice of the item and 
then production ( use) of the item. 
• It is very important to understand what 
"Presentation", "Practice" and"Production" 
really are, and how they work in combination to 
create effective communicative language learning.
The PPP method is very useful for the 
acquisition of structures. 
PRESENTATION 
• There is aural exposure and teacher modeling. 
• The teacher introduces a situation and presents the target language 
in context. 
PRACTICE 
• Students practice the target language through drills or controlled practices . 
• The teacher controls the practices by checking students’ understanding of the 
items presented in the first stage. 
PRODUCTION 
• The students transfer the previously studied structures to different situations. 
• The aim is to increase fluency in linguistic use, through “autonomous and 
more creative activities”. The strategies for achieving such a goal are based on 
a freer use of the targeted structures.
Presentation Suggested Activities 
Stage 
This stage has two steps: 
1. An introduction of the 
structure to be taught in L2 
2. A warm up or a lead –in 
activity is used to raise 
students’ interest in the topic. 
This stage is characterized by 
having memorable and realistic 
examples, it has logical 
connection with the next stage. 
It is clear and meaningful and 
has meaningful repetitions to 
help students with the context. 
Brainstorming: It is used to get 
information from the students 
about a specific topic. 
Repetition drills: The purpose 
is to help students improve 
their pronunciation. 
Using the topic in context: the 
students are provided with a 
linguistic "model" to apply to 
the concept they have 
recognized.
Practice Stage Suggested Activities 
 Students have the opportunity 
to practice what they learned 
avoiding mistakes. 
 This stage focuses on form. 
The teacher’s role is to monitor 
what students are doing. 
This stage must be attractive 
for students, it should be clear 
and understandable and 
promote confidence to the 
students. 
Drills: embody the most common 
type of practice activities, but not 
the only one. 
Monitoring: Conceptual 
questions are asked to students 
to check their understanding 
about the structured presented. 
Information gap activities: 
Students complete some 
exercises using the items 
learned.
Production Stage Suggested Activities 
This stage centers on fluency 
giving students the opportunity 
to interact in communicative 
activities. 
Students demonstrate their 
learning by working and sharing 
with each other. 
In this stage the language is used 
naturally in real situations. 
The three stages are essential to 
achieve communicative language 
learning. They must flow easily 
from one stage to the next. 
Some of the activities in the 
production stage may imply: 
-discussions - debates 
-role-plays - narratives 
-problem-solving activities 
-descriptions 
-information gaps 
-quizzes 
-games
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may 
remember, involve me and I learn.” Benjamin 
Franklin 
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