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Total Physical Response (TPR) is a second language acquisition strategy that uses physical movements and active learning to teach vocabulary. It is commonly used with young children. Some benefits of TPR include that it allows students to speak when ready, helps retention of vocabulary, and aids understanding of classroom behaviors. To implement TPR, teachers choose vocabulary, create movements for words, demonstrate the movements, have students practice, and assess understanding.

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Total Physical Response (TPR) is a second language acquisition strategy that uses physical movements and active learning to teach vocabulary. It is commonly used with young children. Some benefits of TPR include that it allows students to speak when ready, helps retention of vocabulary, and aids understanding of classroom behaviors. To implement TPR, teachers choose vocabulary, create movements for words, demonstrate the movements, have students practice, and assess understanding.

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Chapter Two:

Total Physical Response


Hannah Gookstetter
What is Total Physical Response (TPR)?

Second-language acquisition
strategy that utilizes kinesthetic
movements and active learning to
teach students vocabulary
Typically used with young children
Benefits of TPR

 Students are not forced to speak until they are ready and
comfortable
 Become ready to talk sooner
 Helps students adjust to school, understand required
behaviors, and instruction
 Increases short-term and long-term retention of vocabulary
 Easy way to assess student understanding of vocabulary
How to Use TPR

Movement in the classroom:


Ex: line-up, sit down, come to the carpet
Classroom procedures
Teaching new vocabulary
Implementing TPR

 Choose the vocabulary of focus


 Come up with movements for each vocabulary word
 Demonstrate the movements for each vocabulary word
 Have students practice the movements using the verbal commands
 Add movements and commands
 Assess student progress
Sources

Carle, E. (1969). The very hungry caterpillar. World Publishing Company: Cleveland, OH.

Herrell, A., & Jordan, M. (2008). Fifty strategies for teaching English language learners (6th
edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill.

Oral language development for beginners. (n.d.). Retrieved from:


https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/oral-language-development-beginners.

Ruben. (2016). It’s all in the way we learn: Total physical response. Retrieved from:
https://tessais.org/its-all-in-the-way-we-learntotal-physical-response-tpr/.

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