Total Physical Response in Teaching ESL to Adults

Authors

  • Dorel-Aurel Muresan Emanuel University of Oradea Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.69475/

Keywords:

TPR, teaching methodology, ESL classroom, adult learning, embarrassment

Abstract

Total Physical Response, also called TPR, is a teaching approach that stirs the interest of ESL teachers, and not only, a fact that is demonstrated by the plethora of articles and videos that appear in a basic Google search. The following article describes the pros and cons of using TPR in the ESL classroom. The article argues that TPR is a method that should be used both in young learners’ classrooms as well as in those of adults, focusing on the benefits of using this method in the adults’ classrooms. 

Author Biography

  • Dorel-Aurel Muresan, Emanuel University of Oradea

    Mureșan Dorel-Aurel is a graduate of Babeș-Bolyai University with an MA in British Cultural Studies and of the Western University of Timișoara with a PhD on the rewriting of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, which was recently published. Mureșan Dorel-Aurel is a university lecturer at Emanuel University of Oradea. His main interests are Shakespeare studies, intertextuality, postcolonialism and creative ways of teaching English as a second language.

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Published

04-07-2024

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 1 (2022): Summer 2022

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Total Physical Response in Teaching ESL to Adults. (2024). RATE Issues, 27(1). https://doi.org/10.69475/