Among all language teaching methods, here we have Total Physical Response, as the method which believes that certain commands linked to actions by the listener may result in learning.

1. TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE
Group members:
Camila Olivares
Víctor Quiñones
Sebastián Arriagada
Tamara Aguilera
Universidad Alberto Hurtado
Education department
English Pedagogy
Methodology I

2. WHAT IS TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE?
 James Asher (1977)
 Association of language with physical activity
- Memory increased if it is stimulated through association with motor
activity
Teacher Student

3. STUDENTS’ FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS
- To reduce stress and anxiety
- Feelings os succes and low anxiety facilitate
learning
- With actions, the learning process is made as
enjoyable as possible.

4. ROLE OF NATIVE LANGUAGE
- TPR is introduced in the students’ native language,
but then it is not used.
- Students are not allowed to speak L1 in L2.
- Then, meaning is made clear through body
movements,

5. SKILLS
Listening Performing Learning
No verbal response is necessary until students feel comfortable
enough to venture verbal responses.
After students overcame the fear of speaking out, classroom
conversations and ther activities proceed as in any other
communicative language classroom.

6.  As TPR theory simulates L1 acquisition, similar
parameters when correcting should be considered.
The teacher should follow the example of parents giving
feedback to their children.
At first, parents correct very little, but as the child grows
older, parents are said to tolerate fewer mistakes in
speech.

7. WHEN I’M MOVING, I’M LEARNING
 - Responding to certain commands
 - No verbal response needed
 - "Memory is increased if it is stimulated or traced
through association with motor activity"