"The powerful tool of TPR is best applied to introduce new vocabulary and new grammatical features at any level. Then make a switch by using the new items in a different activity such as storytelling, dialogues, games, or a pattern drill. Again, start by playing to each student’s right brain using language-body conversations. Then switch to the left brain with activities involving speaking, reading or writing." - James Asher
+Darklinuk thanks! However, I can not really accept the congratulations. I merely studied and appreciated Dr. Asher's work enough to make a video about it. He did all the work! Still, I am glad you share the excitement about how scientific reasoning can inform teaching. ;o)
Thank you for putting this together Travis and clearly explaining TPR. It wasn't too long and it certainly held my attention long enough to get a taste for what it is. I am sure it can be pretty comprehensive.
Great presentation supported with a scientific point of view! Thank you very much for helping me understand the approach for my methodology exam and inspiring me for my classes in the future :)
Wow , this video has so much interesting data !! Please, why don't you make videos on the rest of the Teaching methods, the Audio-Lingual method, the Grammar-Translation method, Direct method....on a timeline.....you would get loads of views and likes !! I suscribed !!
left brain shutting it down .... it's starting to make total sense. I had a class of 6 year olds today and I decided to stop asking them to learn and repeat the song with me and just respond to the actions. Was a way more productive class in terms of involvment. Infact kids tend to participate better when they are not forced to reproduce language immediately.
I have tried everything in terms of language teaching,and I can attest that TPR, TPRS and/or every Comprension Input technique or method outdoes the other methods by far.
Botond Boros Thanx for your comment! Yes, I know a little about TPR Storytelling! It is on a list of items I want to look into further. I have a book about it by Todd McKay I have not touched yet and I read a book previously on the topic. I just finished my masters last week and have a newborn so not much time for my own choices. My work also pushes me a lot in directions other than TPR. The last text I read on TPR was Fluency Through TPR Storytelling by Blaine Ray and Contee Seely. I took on this book because I was planning a short class where I designed the curriculum. It is rare where I work to get this much freedom in lesson planning. Out of the TPR resources I have on hand Ray and Seely seemed the most practical from the sense of classroom management. This gave me an intro into the concept and some great setup ideas but I honestly need a reread of it and more thinking on the topic. Where I currently work I do not usually have full autonomy to do as I please with lessons. The materials are good but offer little extra time to experiment with outside concepts. Where I use TPR the most is to warmup vocab and retell our class story at younger levels. I call it action reading. This is not exactly what Ray and Seely mention. I wish I had more time for "classic" TPR or novel commands as Ray and Seely put it. I am certainly using some of the concepts but right now I feel I need to reorganize. I really want to explore more in TPR Storytelling but have not had free time or another project to justify it yet. Being a dedicated family man, teacher, and squeezing in some me time is tough! ;) Oh Oh, and I still want to go through the text that started it all, Asher's book. It sits on my shelf taunting me too. I am thinking it is mostly theory and that is why I jumped past it last time when designing the short 4 week class I mentioned before. Do you have any experiences or resources related to TPR Storytelling you can share? Cheers, Travis
Travis, Thanks for your response! Now there is a plethora of information on TPR Storytelling all over the Internet including youtube. When I started out 9 years ago, it was still scarce. Being a practicioner, I also promote it on my websites. My adult students video me retelling the stories the group comes up with. You can check out some of those 5 to 8 minute stories on my channel. The green book you mention is the definitive source on TPRS but the abbreviation is quite misleading. TPRS stands for Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling. The stress is more on stories and reading; gestures remain an important ingredient though. I love your action reading idea! With your kind permission, I'd like to share your neat introduction to TPR with colleagues. I love the way you present the case for brain friendly teaching. Cheers, Botond
Laura, Your time stamp doesn't make sense because it is the end of the video. I can only guess you made an error when copying and pasting it. Regardless, all sources are listed in a link in the description of this video. Here is the link one more time for your convenience. www.travlanders.com/DL/TPR-Intro-video-sources.pdf
Fantastic video. Interesting where you talk about left brain 'protecting' the right from gibberish and things it sees as absurd. I think it makes logical sense that we would learn languages much much quicker if we started with a 'clean slate' like we do with our native languages. What this means in practice is that when we learn the name for 'book' in our native tongue, we know it as nothing at all so we come to know it as 'book'. There's nothing 'translating' when we see it. I think we need to do the same with the L2 which is why TPR works so well. Instead of holding up an apple and saying 'what's this apple called' you can try to completely forget the name you already know for it and just assign the new name to it. Think of it as Apfel and not 'what's apple called in German?'.
+Beta Vulgaris yes beth... that is an idea that just might work.... "Forget what you know and you will find yourself quite wise in language learning" - Unknown Philosopher
I actually have a daughter in need of some materials like this. I looked a little but couldn't find exactly what I was looking for. I would say sign language videos are the best bet at this time. There are some channels devoted to that...
@@eslexplorer5959 they might be useful but English signs are just single words that contain no feelings. Please share with me if you find more practical material. I will appreciate it.
I really enjoyed watching this video and easy to understand about TPR! I would like to know the reference of Asher's quotation from 7:19 to 8:06 because I would like to add it to my thesis' references. My theme is about TPR and its influence for young L2 learner.
The sources are linked in the video notes above. You can find the sources at: www.travlanders.com/DL/TPR-Intro-video-sources.pdf Unfortunately, I can not remember where exactly it came from but it should be amongst one of the sources listed.
The quote can be found here: www.context.org/iclib/ic06/asher/ Language By Command The Total Physical Response approach to learning language By James J. Asher One of the articles in The Way Of Learning (IC#6) Originally published in Summer 1984 on page 35 Copyright (c)1984, 1997 by Context Institute I may not have sourced it correctly in the document mentioned before because I did not originally have all of this info. Anyway, that should help you.
many people confuse conscience & knowing (or understanding or levels of understanding). they have nothing to do with each other. many get wrong, because of pride. "the conscience" that dwells on pride, puts obstacles against understanding further. against creating web of knowledge within the brain. it gets difficult or impossible to actually enhance learning.
+Beta Vulgaris (A View From Europe) Hmmm... do you mean you want to try it using or learning French? I am not a master of the TPR by any means. I created this overview video and now I have a solid starting point BUT in practice I have only used it slightly. I still have not gotten to reading Dr. Krashen's book, yet.... It sits on my shelf lonely and blue. Still, the basis for using it with vocab is pretty simple. You would just need to find the right teacher to practice with or make up actions for yourself and perhaps video yourself or something to practice. Give it a try. Say word... Action.... Say word... Action... Etc. Again this is perhaps misleading. I am not saying that is all TPR is about but it is a step in the right direction. Travis
هاي طريقة تعلم جديدة تستخدم للأطفال صغار ابتكارها جيمس ارشر و هي تعتمد على الفعل يعني تتعلم عن طريق الحركة و الأفعال با المعنى هاي طريقة تعطي ثقة لشخص لتعلم وترسيخ فكرة دون نسيانها مثال: كل كلمة تقوم با فعل يدل على معناها التام تقول طائرة و تشير با يدك إلى في هواء على أنها تطير هاذ فعل يرسخ فكرة طائرة و يتذكرها با سبب فعل..... شرح بسيط فقط
"The powerful tool of TPR is best applied to introduce new vocabulary and new
grammatical features at any level. Then make a switch by using the new items in a different activity such as storytelling, dialogues, games, or a pattern drill. Again, start by playing to each student’s right brain using language-body conversations. Then switch to the left brain with activities involving speaking, reading or writing." - James Asher
Congratulations! This is what we need in academic speech, theories with a scientific approach.
+Darklinuk thanks! However, I can not really accept the congratulations. I merely studied and appreciated Dr. Asher's work enough to make a video about it. He did all the work! Still, I am glad you share the excitement about how scientific reasoning can inform teaching. ;o)
Thank you for putting this together Travis and clearly explaining TPR. It wasn't too long and it certainly held my attention long enough to get a taste for what it is. I am sure it can be pretty comprehensive.
I'm currently writing my BA dissertation, and you helped me to adapt this material in a very interesting way. Thank you!
J'adore. Thanks for sharing your research on Asher's theory.
Great presentation supported with a scientific point of view! Thank you very much for helping me understand the approach for my methodology exam and inspiring me for my classes in the future :)
Wow , this video has so much interesting data !! Please, why don't you make videos on the rest of the Teaching methods, the Audio-Lingual method, the Grammar-Translation method, Direct method....on a timeline.....you would get loads of views and likes !! I suscribed !!
thanks for clarifying 👏
Super helpful for my TESOL class. Thanks!
נשמע מדהים!!
ממש מתחשק לצלול לתוך זה.
כל הכבוד!!
left brain shutting it down .... it's starting to make total sense. I had a class of 6 year olds today and I decided to stop asking them to learn and repeat the song with me and just respond to the actions. Was a way more productive class in terms of involvment. Infact kids tend to participate better when they are not forced to reproduce language immediately.
Thanks for the class, very informative. It really inspired me.
Hi..Could you suggest me Where Can I find ebook or EPUB on Instructor's Notebook: How to apply TPR for best results
This is a great video, you should spread it as much as you can :) regards from Chile
Thanks for your kind words... I agree TPR is pretty awesome and deserves more attention in learning.
I have tried everything in terms of language teaching,and I can attest that TPR, TPRS and/or every Comprension Input technique or method outdoes the other methods by far.
Great presentation, thank you! Have you checked out TPR Storytelling yet?
Botond Boros Thanx for your comment! Yes, I know a little about TPR Storytelling! It is on a list of items I want to look into further.
I have a book about it by Todd McKay I have not touched yet and I read a book previously on the topic. I just finished my masters last week and have a newborn so not much time for my own choices. My work also pushes me a lot in directions other than TPR.
The last text I read on TPR was Fluency Through TPR Storytelling by Blaine Ray and Contee Seely. I took on this book because I was planning a short class where I designed the curriculum. It is rare where I work to get this much freedom in lesson planning. Out of the TPR resources I have on hand Ray and Seely seemed the most practical from the sense of classroom management. This gave me an intro into the concept and some great setup ideas but I honestly need a reread of it and more thinking on the topic. Where I currently work I do not usually have full autonomy to do as I please with lessons. The materials are good but offer little extra time to experiment with outside concepts. Where I use TPR the most is to warmup vocab and retell our class story at younger levels. I call it action reading. This is not exactly what Ray and Seely mention. I wish I had more time for "classic" TPR or novel commands as Ray and Seely put it. I am certainly using some of the concepts but right now I feel I need to reorganize.
I really want to explore more in TPR Storytelling but have not had free time or another project to justify it yet. Being a dedicated family man, teacher, and squeezing in some me time is tough! ;)
Oh Oh, and I still want to go through the text that started it all, Asher's book. It sits on my shelf taunting me too. I am thinking it is mostly theory and that is why I jumped past it last time when designing the short 4 week class I mentioned before.
Do you have any experiences or resources related to TPR Storytelling you can share?
Cheers,
Travis
Travis, Thanks for your response!
Now there is a plethora of information on TPR Storytelling all over the Internet including youtube. When I started out 9 years ago, it was still scarce. Being a practicioner, I also promote it on my websites. My adult students video me retelling the stories the group comes up with. You can check out some of those 5 to 8 minute stories on my channel.
The green book you mention is the definitive source on TPRS but the abbreviation is quite misleading. TPRS stands for Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling. The stress is more on stories and reading; gestures remain an important ingredient though.
I love your action reading idea!
With your kind permission, I'd like to share your neat introduction to TPR with colleagues. I love the way you present the case for brain friendly teaching.
Cheers,
Botond
Thank you for this video.
Can I know where do you find the quote you used on the video ( min 19:14 )
Laura,
Your time stamp doesn't make sense because it is the end of the video. I can only guess you made an error when copying and pasting it.
Regardless, all sources are listed in a link in the description of this video. Here is the link one more time for your convenience.
www.travlanders.com/DL/TPR-Intro-video-sources.pdf
ESLexplorer
Ups that's rigth. I meant, min 7:20.
Thank you very much.
Thank u thank uuuuu ssooo much it's very very helpful, my doctor didn't explain it right and clear like u did, thank you for that ✨
Amazing video! Very informative. Thanks for this! Will use it for my report. :)
Thank you very much 💕
I love learning Korean and English 😭💖
thank you so much for this and good luck for ur studies
Fantastic video.
Interesting where you talk about left brain 'protecting' the right from gibberish and things it sees as absurd. I think it makes logical sense that we would learn languages much much quicker if we started with a 'clean slate' like we do with our native languages.
What this means in practice is that when we learn the name for 'book' in our native tongue, we know it as nothing at all so we come to know it as 'book'. There's nothing 'translating' when we see it. I think we need to do the same with the L2 which is why TPR works so well. Instead of holding up an apple and saying 'what's this apple called' you can try to completely forget the name you already know for it and just assign the new name to it. Think of it as Apfel and not 'what's apple called in German?'.
+Beta Vulgaris yes beth... that is an idea that just might work.... "Forget what you know and you will find yourself quite wise in language learning" - Unknown Philosopher
fantastic and informative. would you suggest me some very easy TPR stories for very young kids of 3-4 y/ o?
I actually have a daughter in need of some materials like this. I looked a little but couldn't find exactly what I was looking for. I would say sign language videos are the best bet at this time. There are some channels devoted to that...
@@eslexplorer5959 they might be useful but English signs are just single words that contain no feelings. Please share with me if you find more practical material. I will appreciate it.
I really enjoyed watching this video and easy to understand about TPR! I would like to know the reference of Asher's quotation from 7:19 to 8:06 because I would like to add it to my thesis' references. My theme is about TPR and its influence for young L2 learner.
The sources are linked in the video notes above. You can find the sources at: www.travlanders.com/DL/TPR-Intro-video-sources.pdf Unfortunately, I can not remember where exactly it came from but it should be amongst one of the sources listed.
I should also say that a lot of the sources were obtained from his personal website at: www.tpr-world.com/
The quote can be found here: www.context.org/iclib/ic06/asher/
Language By Command
The Total Physical Response approach to learning language
By James J. Asher
One of the articles in The Way Of Learning (IC#6)
Originally published in Summer 1984 on page 35
Copyright (c)1984, 1997 by Context Institute
I may not have sourced it correctly in the document mentioned before because I did not originally have all of this info. Anyway, that should help you.
ESLexplorer Thank you for your kindness and detailed information. I overlooked the list... I am looking forward to watching your new videos next time.
Great video, thanks bro!
Good
many people confuse conscience & knowing (or understanding or levels of understanding). they have nothing to do with each other.
many get wrong, because of pride. "the conscience" that dwells on pride, puts obstacles against understanding further. against creating web of knowledge within the brain. it gets difficult or impossible to actually enhance learning.
That could be the mental block that Asher eludes to... one I think we all can kind of feel or know about....but perhaps ignore.
Ps the problem with TPR is that it's not available widely. I'd love it for French and would pay hefty sums to find a good TPR teacher.
+Beta Vulgaris (A View From Europe) Hmmm... do you mean you want to try it using or learning French? I am not a master of the TPR by any means.
I created this overview video and now I have a solid starting point BUT in practice I have only used it slightly. I still have not gotten to reading Dr. Krashen's book, yet.... It sits on my shelf lonely and blue.
Still, the basis for using it with vocab is pretty simple. You would just need to find the right teacher to practice with or make up actions for yourself and perhaps video yourself or something to practice. Give it a try.
Say word... Action.... Say word... Action... Etc.
Again this is perhaps misleading. I am not saying that is all TPR is about but it is a step in the right direction.
Travis
Super duper!
i felt in love with you!!!
ممكن واحد يشرحليها عربي
هاي طريقة تعلم جديدة تستخدم للأطفال صغار ابتكارها جيمس ارشر و هي تعتمد على الفعل يعني تتعلم عن طريق الحركة و الأفعال با المعنى هاي طريقة تعطي ثقة لشخص لتعلم وترسيخ فكرة دون نسيانها مثال: كل كلمة تقوم با فعل يدل على معناها التام تقول طائرة و تشير با يدك إلى في هواء على أنها تطير هاذ فعل يرسخ فكرة طائرة و يتذكرها با سبب فعل..... شرح بسيط فقط