English Service Project September, 2014
TPR is great for beginners and more advanced Beginners can demonstrate understanding More advanced students can act out language Most learners, particularly guards, tend to be kinesthetic Total Physical Response
Practice basic commands: Get up Sit down Bring me a bottle of water Help me Please wait Simon says is a good game Demonstrate understanding through fingers TPR Ideas - Basic
Act out a scene – once you’ve built up trust with a class Have students prepare a scene E.g., a teacher has forgotten her ID Improvs TPR – More Advanced
Win, Lose or Draw Charades Always explain the game first Always demonstrate the games first Check for questions TPR - Games
Draw a visual of a word (beginners) Define the word and draw a picture (intermediate) Describe the word orally (advanced) Vocabulary Games
New words to a well-known tune E.g., Preposition song E.g., le verbe avoir Cloze exercise: missing words in the song High frequency words Grammatical structures Music
For the age? For the culture? Do you know what you’re trying to teach with it? A game is fun – but it’s not necessarily learning. Are you reinforcing vocabulary? Building grammatical structure? Improving fluency? Is it appropriate?