Total Physical Response (TPR): How is it used to Teach EFL Young Learners?
Keywords:
Total Physical Response, Teaching, English to Young LearnersAbstract
When teachers teach the English vocabulary about parts of the
body, they use rhythm and body movements while mentioning its
name. It is called Total Physical Response (TPR) method. This article
investigates the implementation of the TPR method used by three
teachers in teaching English vocabulary to young learners. Additionally,
the researchers investigated the problems faced by the three teachers as
well as potential solution for those problems. In this research, the
researchers used qualitative descriptive to understand the way teachers
implemented TPR in their classrooms. Data from this study indicates
that, from the thirteen principles of TPR method found that; Teacher 1
(T1) used seven principles in the 1st observation and six principles in the
2nd observation, and Teacher 2 (T2) only used one principle in the 1st
observation and two principles in the 2nd observation. Then, Teacher 3
(T3) used two principles both in the 1st and the 2nd observation. The
difficulties faced by those three teachers implementing TPR stemmed
from their lack of understanding about the implementation of the TPR
method even they did not distinguish the appropriate theoretical basis
of TPR. Finally, to address challenges in implementing TPR, the teachers
expect additional training related to teaching English to young learners
especially with a specific theory related to TPR method so that they can
implement it well and have more practice with the principles of TPR
method in teaching English to young learners.
https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.18.1.7
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