Total Physical Response II/ Respuesta Física Total II

Ya hemos hablado anteriormente sobre este método, hoy queremos ampliarlo un poco más proponiendo actividades, rutinas, topics, y maneras de organizar las clases basándose en este método.

Esperamos que os sea útil:

Follow the leader:

The most basic TPR is when children copy the teacher and listen to what she/he says.

"Follow the leader" is a good activity for every young learners starting to learn English. It is good fun and they see and understand what to do at the same time. Later, when children are familiar with the activity, they can take turns calling out the instructions to the others.

Follow the leader:

Teacher:
Ok now get in a line. Peter......you're here. Now Maria. Now Laura, Ok now follow
me...Come on....round the class.
Ok We are walking. Now, jumping like a kangaroo.
Now flying....like a plane....We are flying , flying, flying.....down again.
Now we are driving....driving on the bus....


We can use TPR activities for vocabulary practice:

TPR with clothes vocabulary:

Teacher: Now.....listen carefully.
Now everyone who's wearing jeans....Stand up¡¡¡
(child wearing jeans stands up)
Teacher: Ok. Good. Now....Now, if you are wearing a T-shirt, come up here.

TPR routines:

You can use TPR to wake children up if they are feeling sleepy, or let children have a break when they have been concentrating on another activity.

An action routine:

Teacher: Clap your hands
Slap your legs
Slap your legs
Stamp your feet
Stamp your feet
Snap your fingers
Snap your fingers
Clap your hands
Clap your hands

 

TPR for arranging the class: 

Using TPR activities from the very beginning gets children used to directions in English. Here we show the following example:

Arranging the class:

The Teacher is going to introduce a new song. As when teaching a new song, teacher wants everyone to sit on the floor close to the blackboard. Teacher: First of all, what do we do when we're learning a new song? Right, everyone come out here to the front of the class. Now let's start with the first row. You go over there and leave that space. Now the next row, and now this one.

 *Teaching tips: 

 TPR: the first time you use TPR you can explain in your mother tongue before you start. Do simple actions and say what you are doing. TPR with big classes: If you have a large class, divide it up into groups depending on the space you have. The group (s) waiting will be watching the activity, listening and trying to understand, so will still be learning.