TPR/ Natural Approach
Levels 2 & 3
I have been careful to indicate the level of each work. This refers to the LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY LEVEL, NOT THE GRADE LEVEL. To be more specific:
Level II -- Going from Listening Comprehension, and making the transition to Speaking, Reading, and Writing. activities.
Level III --Intermediate Speaking, Reading and Writing Activities, and for those in ESL, Content Area Instruction (Academic Subject Matter teaching) in the 2nd Language.
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Do not miss these SUPERB NEW CLASSROOM- TESTED MATERIALS!Putting it Together, TPRS for English Language Learners. Teacher's Guide
Putting it Together, TPRS for English Language Learners. Student Book
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Putting it Together, TPRS for English Language Learners.
by E. Skelton and D. Milligan
Putting it Together TPRS for English Language Learners.
Putting it Together Teacher's Guide. By E. Skelton and D. Milligan
- Comprehensive Curriculum for teaching adult English Language Learners basic competencies including consumer economics, health, community, employment, and housing.
- Includes suggested gestures, questions, commands and mini-scenarios for each target vocabulary phrase
- contains complete daily lesson plans, cultural connections and additional activities for each lesson, an appendix with adult appropriate language games, and a complete list of target phrases.
- appropriate for high school and adult beginning to low intermediate English Language Learners
Putting It Together Student Book, by E. Skelton and D. Milligan
- The Student Book is divided into 10 chapters based on the adult competencies of consumer economics, health, community, housing, and employment
- Includes 45 stories with 4 block pictures, reading passages, comprehension checks and writing exercises.
- Appropriate for beginning to low intermediate high school and adult English Language Learners
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Teaching English as a Second Language: Speaking, Reading, and Writing {Level 2} Many teachers are aware of the T.P.R. (Total Physical Response) Approach as an outstanding introductory approach to the teaching of language. This book, compiled by Berty Segal Cook, was created to answer the oft-repeated question, " How do you go beyond the
basics and effectively develop ORAL LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ?" This book has been designed to answer that question in practical terms. It will give you a strong understanding of the key elements in accelerating the oral and written language proficiency of your ESL students. It will give you new ideas, a new perspective, and help you proceed with confidence in your classroom. It contains:
* A guided Speaking program that is highly motivating and successful
* Samples of the transfer from the Imperative to Present, Past, and Future Tenses
* Samples of NATURAL APPROACH reading activities
* Suggestions as to when to introduce Grammar * 28 Writing Activities
* Many examples of Early and Intermediate Reading and Writing experiences * Sample tests-Levels 1 & 2
$16.99
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English In Action for Adults and Teens {Levels 1 & 2}
By L. Francois
A useful resource book for ESL and Foreign Language (F.L.) teachers of all levels to supplement a traditional course curriculum with TPR and the Natural Approach. A comprehensive training guide with lesson plans for teachers of ESL and (F.L.) beginners
Containing: *Lesson Plans *Oral Comprehension tests *Mastery check log *Ideas for multi-level instruction
$20.99
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Learning Another Language Through Actions {Levels 1 & 2} by Dr. James J. Asher
Demonstrates step-by step how to apply TPR to help children and adults acquire another language without stress.
More than 150 hours of classroom -tested TPR lessons that can
be adapted to teaching any language.
Answers 175 of the most often asked questions about TPR.
Summary of 20 years of research with his Total Physical Response
Explains why TPR works.....Easy to understand
$17.99
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Instructor’s Notebook: How to Apply TPR for Best Results {Levels 1, 2 & 3} By Ramiro Garcia
Ramiro Garcia has successfully applied these TPR methods in his High School and adult language classes for 20 years.
$16.99
*4 NEW chapters in the Triple Expanded Second Edition. * Speaking, Reading, and Writing
*How to Create your own TPR lessons *Over 200 TPR scenarios for beginning and advanced students
*TPR games for all age groups *TPR Testing for all skills including oral proficiency
*In this illustrated book, Ramiro shares the tips and tricks that he has discovered in using TPR with 100s of students.
Usable with foreign language, ESL, & sign language of the deaf.
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Instructor’s Notebook: TPR Homework Exercises By Ramiro Garcia
Levels 1 , 2 , &3 (Sequel to Instructor’s Notebook :How to Apply TPR)
*Contains humorous cartoon strips which help students acquire language , ANY target language through:
Listening comprehension activities (level 1)
Reading and speaking activities (level 2)
Picture descriptions (creative writing) (level 3)
*useful for: homework exercises &"catch up " exercises for those who have missed 1 or more classes
*useful for reviewing classroom TPR experience at home.
$16.00
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TESTS/ CONTINUUM
Levels 1 &2 for Teaching English ( & other languages) Through Action.
For the Cum Folder, Teacher, Administrator, and Parent Information.
There are grids for recording test results in Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing
The grids show each individual student's progress.
Each packet contains 25 student cards (cards are 2-sided, 11x17)
Each card contains ALL 10 Tests from Teaching English Through Action.
( Tests apply to Spanish, French and German versions, too.)
$13.99
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Linking The ESL Student To The Mainstream {Level 3}
This unique book was designed to meet the needs of teachers working with intermediate level students in grades 3-12. It provides practical answers, methods and guidelines for teaching Subject Matter in the 2nd language to students who have intermediate English language proficiency.
It includes:
*A review of the early stages of language acquisition
*A series of strategies which encourage cooperative learning and teach the process of Group Interaction and increase English language proficiency.
*Interactive, experiential techniques which promote concept and development.
*Outstanding methods for providing students content area.
*Instruction in the 2nd language and accelerating Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP)
*Specific guidelines for successful lessons. *Sample lessons you can use immediately in your own classroom
$13.99
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Live Action English {Level 2} by C. Seely & L. Romijn.
*Excellent with students of all ages in high beginning, intermediate and multi-level classes .
*Contains 67 lively " happenings" (series of commands-story situation)
*Features a thorough Guide for Teachers
*ESPECIALLY USEFUL FOR VERB WORK
*Produces a real satisfaction in communicating in the new language .
English $12.99
Live Action French, Spanish, German, Italian and Japanese-- $14.99
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NEW!!!!
Fluency Through TPR Story Telling {Levels 1 & 2} by Blaine Ray and Contee Seely
Keep your students fascinated. Enjoy watching them develop true fluency. A thorough description of Blaine Ray's TPR Storytelling method, this book shows what to do step-by-step along the way through middle school & 4 years of high school .
It shows how to :
*Teach vocabulary so that it sticks.
*Use mini stories to increase retension and interest.
*Get students to create and tell their own stories
*Get students to learn to speak and write with correct grammar so that it sounds right (instead of by rules).
*Use "freewriting" to develop fluency and improve accuracy in both writing and speaking.
*Find and utilize reading selections that really grab your students, to expand vocabulary and develop accuracy in production.
$17.99
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SPANISH Novelas/Readers by Blaine Ray
Pobre Ana $ 5.00
Patricia va a California $ 5.00
Casi se Muere $ 5.00
El viaje de su vida $ 5.00
FRENCH Novelettes / Readers by Blaine Ray
Pauvre Anne $ 5.00
Fama va en Californie $ 5.00
Presque Mort $ 5.00
Le voyage de sa vie $ 5.00
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Highly interesting but very easy novel for first-year students. A vocabulary of only 300 words! Ana is a 14 year old California girl who leads a tough life. She gets an opportunity to go to Mexico, where she lives with a very nice family but one that is poorer than her own. Her life view changes drastically. Interesting short, easy book. 39 pages.
Patricia is a 15 year old girl from Guatemala who goes to California. She lives with a caring American family but encounters prejudice at school. This can be read by any 2nd / 3rd semester class. Brief and captivating! 45 pages.
Use for 1st or 2nd year students with a vocabulary of only 400 words. An engaging story, with a taste of romance, about an American girl who goes to high school in Chile with a nice boy and a mean one.
The mean one turns out nice.
An easy Spanish mystery for late 1st year or early 2nd year students. Sixteen year-old Carlos Ayala of Cincinnati, Ohio, goes on a cruise with his family. He is the only witness to the theft of a valuable cultural object. the thief tries to kill him, but...
This reader uses a vocabulary of only 300 words. Anne is a 16-year old from New York who leads a tough life. When she gets to travel to Belgium and stay with a very nice family, she learns they share many of the same conflicts. 40 pages
This novella is for first or second-year students. Fama is an exchange student who lives with a caring American family but encounters prejudice at school. This incident and what happens afterwards profoundly affects two girls. So easy that it is totally in French with no vocabulary section. "Fama va en Californie" can be read without difficulty by any second or third-semester class. Brief and capitvating. 50 pages
The 3rd novel in the easiest series of French novels in existence-- for 1st or 2nd year students-- with a vocabulary of only 400 words. An engaging story, with a taste of romance, about an American girl who goes to high school in Brittany with two French boys, a nice one and a mean one.. the mean one turns out nice. Eight short chapters.
A French Thriller for 1st-2nd year Students! Jean-Luc Bartolin of Denver, Colorado goes to Switzerland with his family. When he witnesses a theft, the thief tries to kill him. . Brief and captivating, your students will love it! , 60 pages
Materials Level 1 Level 2 & 3
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