Series The Power of Collaboration for ELLs: Total Physical Response Vocabulary
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Discussion and Supporting Materials
Thought starters
- What is total physical response?
- What types of words does Ms. Sweeney select for this strategy?
- Why is this strategy especially useful for English Language Learners?
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Horning Middle School2000 Wolf Road
Waukesha WI 53186
Population: 680
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Meredith Sweeney
Shannon Kay
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18 Comments
LaBresha Small Mar 14, 2024 12:37pm
Joann Miller Mar 9, 2024 9:02am
I like Mrs. Sweeney use of Total Physical Response (TPR),when introducing new words. Students enjoyed it and had fun with the new words using hand jestures. Extremely helpful with English language learners. not only are they learning the words, they are also using hand jestures to help learn the word.
Tianhui Liu Oct 15, 2020 11:01pm
1. Total Physical Response (TPR) is a method of teaching language or vocabulary concepts by using physical movement to make students involve and comprehend.
2. She use Supress. This word connected to the big theme of this unit, and they will see this word in their reading.
3. This method use body movement to exlain the word. In this way, Engish learners will have a betetr understanding of this word and those movements also help them to memorize the word.
Rachel Johnson Oct 15, 2020 6:16pm
Total physical response or TPR is a teaching method when the teacher gives students a command with body movements and students respond. Students repeat the action a few times and relate it to the topic they’re learning about.
The teacher uses the words suppress, secede, and suffrage. TPR is a great strategy to teach words relating to a certain theme.
This strategy is useful for EL learners because they can use actions to remember the term, rather than reading. Their reading skills may not be at the level of their peers. With TPR, ELs can recognize the word’s meaning by connecting it to the action.
Sierra Fisher Oct 15, 2020 6:06pm
Total physical response is a method of teaching language or vocabulary concepts by using physical movements or gestures to help students transition from one part of the lesson to another.
Ms. Sweeney uses the word suppress. She used the I say it, you say it, we all do the action TPR technique. She had the students think about the word throughout the day and across different lessons so that they could remember the meaning and the use of the word. The repetition and use of an action or gesture can help students to remember what the word means.
This strategy would be helpful for English Language Learners because of the repetition and use of movement. The movement helps students to create meaning to the vocabulary words making it easier for them to remember.