Total Physical

Response A Language Learning

Method
A PRESENTATION BY JEAN ANTOINE AND DANA FARRELL

let's get started...

SIMON SAYS

what is the total physical

response approach to
language learning?
It is an approach that connects physical actions
with words allowing beginner to intermediate
language learners the opportunity to associate
actions with vocabulary, so that they may
inductively learn phrasal verbs through the
imperative mood.

Who developed
the TPR method?

James Asher's research on second language

acquisition in the 1960's provided the rationale
for the well-known tpr method which has been
used effectively in language classrooms for
over 40 years (Asher, 2000)."
"

Dr. James J. Asher, associate dean at San Jos University

developed the TPR method.
ElizabethSkelton,
PuttingitTogether,

hypotheses for language

learning
THE LISTENING-ORIENTED BRAIN

Early stages of child development prove that listening

comes before speaking.

ENGAGES THE RIGHT HEMISPHERE

Learners absorb language best when it is corelated

with physical actions.
(Left= language ; Right=motor skills)

STRESS-FREE

Negative emotions inhibit the language learning process

principles
RIGHT, THEN
LEFT

Language learners
need to first
comprehend
language, before
they can produce it.
Scaffold!

THE "SILENT
PERIOD"

Students need time

to process new
information,
especially with a
new language.
Forced language
production
A fair assessment

our perspective
PROS
Beginner
Just vocabulary
Quick
Less stress
Good practice
Engaging
Assessment

CONS
Restricted to the
imperative
Strictly
kinesthetic/auditory
Quick
Limited to
vocabulary

MERCI BEAUCOUP!
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