This intensive, interactive seminar will give participants a thorough understanding of the foundation of a successful Language Acquisition program ( the necessary base for later success in reading and writing). With strong LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS as a base for reading and writing, indeed NO STUDENT IS LEFT BEHIND... It emphasizes how to effectively use Total Physical Response (T.P.R.), an outstanding method of teaching language acquisition that creates the foundation for Oral Language Proficiency.. It is appropriate to any Introductory E.S.L., Dual Language, or Foreign Language Program .It demonstrates how to keep your students consistently motivated and high achieving, how to help them make the transition between understanding and speaking, and how to lead them to later success in Balanced Reading

Participants will experience as well as analyze the method ..

THE PLAN

* Rationale and Research behind T.P.R.

* Practical application of the research from psychology, linguistics,& brain research *Teachers will * become students and experience acquiring a language with TPR

* experience which techniques work and which don’t

* receive a step-by-step analysis of the procedures used

* Implementation:

Basic Procedure for Listening Comprehension lessons

Setting goals and Objectives--Target vocabulary

Sample lesson plans..Components of a successful TPR lesson,

Sample Tests and grid for Assessment.

Transition to Speaking, Reading, and Writing

All of the above have proven successful in ESL and Foreign Language programs.

Participants will acquire a new perspective and a Resource Handbook full of valuable ideas they can use with confidence in their classrooms the next day.

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