by
Carla Adelgren

http://tpr-world.com/TPR-Breakthrough%20in%20Brain%20Research.pdf
TPR, developed by James J. Asher, is a great way of engaging students in the preproduction stage of language learning. This corresponds with the presentation and/or practice stage in the inlingua method. The teacher presents the new concept and the students listen and respond physically as opposed to orally.

● Student listens and responds physically
● Engages right side of brain
● No stress

Advantages
● Low stress
● Long-term retention
● Successful for all ages
● Fun
Advantages understanding develops first, retention increases through the movement of the body, and speaking is not forced. Teachers can also use activities evoking a physical response to check for understanding and to review previously learned material.

● Simon Says
● Show Me
○ body parts, objects in classroom, items in poster/picture
● Relay Race
● Geography
● Bingo
Simon Says and Show Me … can be done as a class, where the teacher gives commands and the class follows as a whole or individually. They can point with their fingers or use a laser pointer.
Relay Race -The class is divided into two teams and each team must place word labels appropriately on the objects or pictures of the objects.
Geography -great as an icebreaker. Students are given a flashcard with the name of a country (their country of origin, for example) or a state and they must physically arrange themselves in the room. The teacher determines which direction is north and students must figure out their correct position in relation to the other countries or states.
Bingo or Conga can be used to review vocabulary and even simple sentence structure. The physical response is minimal, but speaking is limited and students, especially beginners, are less apprehensive.

● Drawing
○ shapes, colors, prepositions of place
● Manipulatives - flashcards, labels
○ Matching: phrasal verbs, synonyms, antonyms, picture/word, word/sentence
○ Syntax for questions or sentences
Drawing -Describe a house, an animal, a monster and have students draw
Flashcards
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Each student has a flashcard with a vocabulary word and they must find the person in the room with the matching synonym.
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Syntax-In small groups, students unscramble the words to make a sentence.

● Music
● Movies
● Internet
● Phone Apps
● Printed material
Music cloze “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift
CMA-Contemporary Music Approach https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=S7Yj28dn6_s
Movies http://warmupsfollowups.blogspot.com/2011/04/truman-show-invention-oflying.html
movie segments for warm-ups and follow-ups-advertising http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com/search/label/apologizing movie segments to assess grammar goals-apologizing http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com/2012/04/avatar-order-ofadjectives.html
movie segments to assess grammar goals-order of adjectives
Internet http://ed.ted.com/featured/aYQ8Bv5a#watch TED Ed https://www.lexile.com/findabook/ lexile.com to a book at the appropriate reading level https://www.readability.com
cleans up cluttered webpages http://www.piclits.com/compose_dragdrop.aspx
photos with associated vocabulary https://pixabay.com
free pictures http://easel.ly
create and share visual ideas http://www.tagxedo.com
create word clouds https://quizlet.com
create study tools (flashcards, quizzes, study games, etc) https://www.polleverywhere.com
create live polls http://www.voxopop.com/topic/35d70512-5660-40fe-aa3e-4d60d92c7d64#.
Vh_ebLRAzpU voxopop talk groups-student records response to prompt
Phone Apps https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/learn-phrasal-verbswlingua/id864068218?mt=8 wlingua phrasal verbs http://www.npr.org
various news/special interest programs http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak idiomatic

expressions http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/ English lessons based on news story http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/emoji-say-volumes-without-a-word-
/3004375.html
news podcasts spoken in simplified, slower English http://www.englishlearning.com/products/learn-english-app/ pronunciation power, phonics game https://en.duolingo.com
http://elevateapp.com/#/ brain training for advanced students-reading, vocabulary, memory

● 5-minute talk
● Draw 3 things
● Categories
● Magazine pictures
● Find someone who...
When the cat’s got your tongue...
At the beginning of class, teachers may want to warm up the class by giving the students a relaxed, informal opportunity to “switch on” their English.
5-minute talk -set a timer and give the class a random word like fish or clouds and have them talk to a partner about anything that comes to mind about this word. The teacher circulates around the room and corrects students when necessary or writes incorrectly stated sentences on the board. At the end of 5 minutes, the class can correct the sentences on the board.
Draw 3 things -students can use this as a way of introducing themselves. They draw
3 things that represent themselves and talk about them with the class.
Categories -in teams or individually, the class writes as many items from the given category (items in a refrigerator, junk food, mammals, etc.) in 2 minutes. Teams compare lists after 2 minutes to see which has the most items listed.
Magazine pictures -teachers can keep a picture file with interesting photos and use them to prompt a story, dialogue, questions, etc.

● Disappearing Dialogue
● Children’s Books
○ Dr. Suess
○ Amelia Bedilia
● Choral Repetition
● Adjective Categories
● Dialogue in Character
● Liar, liar, pants on fire
Disappearing Dialogue-conditional
Dr. Suess - spelling patterns, fluency
Amelia Bedilia-double meaning, fluency
Choral Repetition- fluency
Adjective Categories- order of adjectives
Dialogue in Character-expressing feelings/emotions
Liar, liar, pants on fire-narrate a story including one lie.

● Farewell Scavenger Hunt
● Treasure Hunt
● We used to be…
● Questionnaire and
Newsletter

http://www.fluentu.com/english/educator/blog/effective-esl-teaching-strategiesmotivation/ 10 Strategies
Creativity in the English Language Classroom : http://englishagenda.
britishcouncil.org/sites/ec/files/F004_ELT_Creativity_FINAL_v2%
20WEB. pdf