TPR (Total Physical Response) is a language teaching method that uses physical movement to help students learn and internalize new vocabulary without translation. It engages students and allows them to quickly process and learn language through movement and fun, memorable activities. While it seems simple, effective TPR teaching requires skill and balancing elements like modeling phrases, delaying student responses, practicing frequently with both familiar and novel commands, and incorporating role playing.

1. Blaine Ray
TPRSbooks.com
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2. TPR doesn’t require translation
TPR is used to teach words that can be modeled
with one interpretation.
Processing meaning is relatively easy with TPR.
Students process language quickly with TPR.

3. • Movement and engagement.
• Language is quickly internalized.
• Fun and interesting
• Long term memory
• Relatively easy to learn how to teach
with TPR.

4. • Do you teach with third person or the
imperative?
• Very low correlation between the list of
frequency words and the list of TPRable
words.
• Illusion of simplicity or ease.

5. Model the Phrase

6. Delay what you
model

7. Practice

8. Practice

9. What is a novel
command?

10. A novel command uses words
students know to create a
sentence they haven't heard.

11. Combine TPR® and TPRS ®

12. Add yourself as a character