Preliminary Unit
Preliminary Unit
TPR - Total Physical Response
This list of action structures may be used before as well as during units of instruction. Each structure is given as third person singular in order to build vocabulary with beginners.
TPR Action List
se levantase sientalevanta la manobaja la mano(se) da la vueltacamina haciacorre haciabaila haciasaltaabrecierrasale deentra enregresa/vuelvesacaguardarecogetiraescribeescuchaleecantadibujaagarralloragritatoca (+instrument, body part)miraparase caecomeResources:
Berty Segal Cook - Teaching Language Through TPR video
Berty Segal Cook - Short demo video
Berty Segal Cook - Workshop 2008
Berty Segal Cook - Interview 2019 with Karen Rowan on TPR
Dr. James Asher - The Everyday Language Learner Interview Series
Grant Boulanger - Three Ring Circus
Sabrina Janczak - Demo 2015 New England Conference