A classic that's been around for years, and is used all over the world, this is the first student/teacher book based on James J. Asher's Total Physical Response (TPR). Each page has an illustrated action series of imperatives in a logical order, telling how to do an activity that everyone is familiar with (get up in the morning, chew a piece of gum, iron a shirt, open a present, eat an orange, clean house, take a hike, 67 in all!).
 Each lesson is basically an excellent vocabulary lesson which teaches the words in a fun context to be acted out in class. Instructions are included for getting students to the point where they can tell each other what to do, one person giving the instructions and the other performing each action as it comes.
 Once they have learned the vocabulary, they are ready to learn to use the words in other contexts and in the future, past, present and present progressive tenses.

Viva la accion: Live Action Spanish (Spanish Edition)

Contee Seely and Elizabeth Kuizenga

Literature & Fiction

Command Performance Language Institute

A classic that's been around for years, and is used all over the world, this is the first student/teacher book based on James J. Asher's Total Physical Response (TPR). Each page has an illustrated action series of imperatives in a logical order, telling how to do an activity that everyone is familiar with (get up in the morning, chew a piece of gum, iron a shirt, open a present, eat an orange, clean house, take a hike, 67 in all!).
 Each lesson is basically an excellent vocabulary lesson which teaches the words in a fun context to be acted out in class. Instructions are included for getting students to the point where they can tell each other what to do, one person giving the instructions and the other performing each action as it comes.
 Once they have learned the vocabulary, they are ready to learn to use the words in other contexts and in the future, past, and present tenses.

Vive l'action: Live Action French

Contee Seely

Elizabeth Romijn

Reference

How to go from zero to spoken fluency with TPR. For ESL and foreign language teachers alike. Shows how to use Professor James Asher s approach to teach a variety of language skills and structures at all levels:
 Tenses and verb forms.
 Fluency and connected discourse.
 Grammatical structures.
 Idioms and expressions.
 4 basic types of TPR exercises.
 Blaine Ray s TPR Storytelling.
 Written exercises.
 Trouble-shooting.
 Lists of TPR materials, sources of them, TPR presenters.

TPR Is More Than Commands - At All Levels

Make your students' stories, ideas, and concerns into lively conversation lessons. Through the use of super-simple drawings as cues for speaking drawings any non-artist can make create a variety of types of spontaneous speaking lessons. Clear instructions for making simple symbols and conducting lessons. 32 annotated reproducible lessons. Dictionary of 500+ easy-to-copy symbols. For all levels and ages for any language. Symbol indexes in English and Spanish.

Chalk Talks

Norma Shapiro

Book by Romijn, Elizabeth Kuizenga

Puppies or poppies?: ESL bingo

Romijn, Elizabeth Kuizenga

Pobre Ana by Blaine Ray
 The easiest novel in an easy series of novels for first-year students. Ana is a 15-year-old California girl who leads a tough life. Her mother is always on her. Her family doesn't have much money, but her best friends' families are rich. She's extremely jealous of them. When she gets an opportunity to go to Mexico, she goes to a small city where she lives with a very nice family that is poorer than her own family. Her view of her life changes radically. When she gets back to California, she sees everything in a different light. Pobre Ana is short and easy.

Pobre Ana: Una Novela Breve y Facil Totalmente en Espanol (Nivel 1 - Libro A) (Spanish Edition)

Blaine Ray

The 4th novel in the easiest series of Spanish novels in existence for 1st- or 2nd-year students. Sixteen-year-old Carlos Ayala of Cincinnati, Ohio, goes on a cruise with his family from the U.S. to Yucatan. He is the only witness to the theft of an object of great monetary, cultural and personal value. The thief tries to kill him, but...

El Viaje de Su Vida (Nivel 1 / Libro D) (Spanish Edition)

Lisa Ray-Turner

This book is a combination of two books: A comprehensive guide of daily lesson plans implementing the Total Physical Response (TPR) approach to Spanish as a Foreign Language. It is an excellent tool for teaching beginning and intermediate students of ANY AGE level.
 Student lessons for reading and - when students are ready to begin speaking comfortably - for practice in speaking.
 There are TEN THEMATIC UNITS which contain the essential vocabulary needed for survival and success in Spanish. Each unit contains:
 A LIST OF TARGET VOCABULARY This is an overview of the words which will be taught via commands in the lessons of the unit.
 DAILY LESSON PLANS (There are 102 in total.) A step-by-step detailing of exactly what commands are to be presented. TPR is a euphoric experience for both teachers and students. It is important to have the commands you plan to use at your fingertips in order to remain "in command of the situation" (pardon the pun). Using these specific directions, you will have control as well as enjoyment.

Ensenando y aprediendo espanol por medio de la accion (Spanish Edition)

Bertha Segal Cook

A comprehensive guide of 102 English lesson plans implementing the TPR (Total Physical Response) approach to teaching language. An excellent tool for teaching beginning and intermediate students of ANY age level. Ten thematic units contain the essential vocabulary needed for survival and success in English. Each of the 10 thematic units contains: A target vocabulary list for the unit. 7 to 14 detailed lesson plans with review commands, new commands in the lesson and sample novel commands based on the new vocabulary in the lesson. Clear guidelines for conducting the lessons are provided. Vocabulary development is carefully controlled. A review lesson at the end of the unit. Review lessons are also used as tests. Record of Mastery a grid for recording mastery (or need for further review) accompanies each review lesson. Provides a record of each student s progress and is helpful for reporting to parents, principal, etc. A teacher s manual for the student book (We Learn English Through Action) is included in this teacher s book, with extensive guidelines, ideas and samples.

Teaching English Through Action

Bertha E. Segal Cook

Words, Language & Grammar

This book is a comprehensive guide of 102 lesson plans implementing the Total Physical Response (T.P.R.) Approach to teaching language...An excellent tool for teaching beginning and intermediate ESL or Foreign language students of ANY age level. Ten thematic Units contain the essential vocabulary needed for survival and success in the target language. Each unit contains: TARGET VOCABULARY--an overview of the words which will be taught via commands in the succeeding group of lessons. 102 INDIVIDUAL LESSON PLANS--a step by step detailing of exactly what commands are to be presented. Vocabulary development is very carefully controlled. Guidelines for conducting the lessons are provided. REVIEW LESSONS--Vocabulary is reviewed at the end of each unit. Review lessons are also used as tests. RECORD OF MASTERY--A Grid for recording Mastery, or need for further review, accompanies each Review Lesson. This provides a record of each student's progress and is helpful for reporting to parents, principal, etc. A TEACHER'S MANUAL FOR STUDENT BOOKS IS ALSO INCLUDED, and includes extensive guidelines, ideas and samples.

Teaching English as a Second Language : Speaking, Reading, Writing

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