TPR

- TPR is developed by James Asher in the 1970s

- TPR is built around the coordination of speech and action

1. Teacher’s goal
Teacher who use TPR believe in the importance of having their students enjoy their
experience of learning to communicate in another language. TPR was developed in order
to reduce the stress people feel when they are studying other languages. TPR is suitable
method to teach primary students, young learners.

2. The roles of teacher and students

The teacher: the director of all student behavior.

The students: imitators of her nonverbal model

a role reversal with individual students directing the teacher and the other
students

3. Teaching-learning process
First phrase: modeling

Second phrase: demonstrating

4. Classroom interaction
The teacher interacts with the whole group of students and with individual students.

Students perform the actions together. Students can learn by watching each other.
5. Language focus
Vocabulary and grammatical structures are emphasized over other language areas.

The spoken language is emphasized over written language.

6. Teacher’s response to students’ errors

Errors should be tolerated and only major errors are corrected

TECHNIQUE
Use of commands
The commands are given to get students to perform an action; the action makes the
meaning of the command clear. At first, to clarify meaning, the teacher performs the
actions with the students. Later the teacher directs the students alone. The students’
actions tell the teacher whether or not the students understand. the teacher should not
introduce new commands too fast. It is recommended that a teacher present three
commands at a time.

Role reversal
Students command their teacher and classmates to perform some actions. Students
should not be encouraged to speak until they are ready.

Action Sequence
As the students learn more and more of the target language, a
longer series of connected commands can be given, which
together comprise a whole procedure.

This series of commands is called an action sequence, or an

‘operation.’

How do children acquire their first language

They listen, watch, and imitate before they speak

Summarize the steps of the lesson

Pre-teach key words

Listen, watch and do

Listen and do

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