Abstract

 

Total Physical Response (TPR). It is a kind of teaching method that encourages the integration of language and behavior, uses body movements to teach a foreign language to students, adheres to the principle of "listening before speaking", lets students observe and imitate the teachers' actions, and enables students to understand by themselves and speak the foreign language smoothly. Among them, using body movements to teach foreign languages is the core. TPR has been recognized by many teachers and scholars and has been well used in domestic English teaching. It is widely used in primary school English teaching. Firstly, this paper will make a brief summary of the topic of the paper. Secondly, it will briefly analyze the current situation of English vocabulary teaching for young children from three aspects: teachers, students, and vocabulary teaching methods. Then, it will elaborate on the definition and development of TPR. And the last part will focus on the practical application of TPR in children's English vocabulary in-depth discussion.

Keywords: Total Physical Response; children's English; vocabulary teaching

 

 

Contents

 

1. Introduction 1

2. Present Situation of Children's English Vocabulary Teaching 2

2.1 Teachers' teaching method of children's English vocabulary teaching 2

2.2 Students' learning strategies of children's English vocabulary teaching 2

2.3 Problems of children's English vocabulary teaching 3

3. Survey of Total Physical Response 3

3.1 Definition of Total Physical Response 3

3.2 Teaching steps of Total Physical Response 4

3.3 Features of Total Physical Response............................................................................................5

3.4 Theory of Total Physical Response 5

4. Implementation of Total Physical Response in Children's English Vocabulary Teaching 6

4.1 Application of Total Physical Response in Children's English teaching 7

4.1.1 How to apply body language 7

4.1.2 How to apply situation 7

4.1.3 How to apply song 8

4.2 Suggestions of Total Physical Response in Children's English teaching 8

4.2.1 Roles of students 9

4.2.2 Create a good classroom atmosphere 9

4.2.3 Enhance students' memory 10

4.2.4 Cultivate students' interest in learning English 10

5.Conclusion 11

References 12

Acknowledgments 13