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David,James Asher (I believe) is a central person connected to TPR. Sorry, I don't have references but I bet if you did a google with TPR and his name, you could find something. I've seen limited succes with teaching vocabulary in foreign language situations and have heard of similar successes in second language teaching. Generally speaking, it's a command based (i.e. using 'imperatives') approach to teaching language where students follow the directions that the teacher provides (e.g. Touch your nose, Walk to the window, Pick up the blue crayon).
hope this helps- cheers jim David Preiss wrote:
Sorry, David, it was not me... David David D. Preiss home page: http://pantheon.yale.edu/~ddp6/ -----Original Message----- From: David H Kirshner [mailto:dkirsh@lsu.edu] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 11:46 AM To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu Subject: TPR Reference In a posting of 2 or 3 weeks ago, someone (David Preiss was it you?) gave an off-hand reference to a particular foreign-language teaching method called Total Physical Response which they characterized as behaviorist in its orientation. I'd very much like to track down a reference to TPR that makes that same claim. Can you help? Thanks. David Kirshner _____________________ David Kirshner Department of Curriculum & Instruction Louisiana State University Baton Rouge LA 70803-4728 (225) 578-2332 (225) 578-9135 (fax) dkirsh@lsu.edu