ELL Courses
Vocabulary
Development
Approaches Analysis Application Advantages Extension Strategies
TPR Analysis is when the teacher says a single action and then The teacher can verbally command The students can follow the command More advanced action demonstrates. The teacher can use the action cue during a for the lights to be turned off by seeing it demonstrated. They can commands can be given. lesson for “on/off”. and then demonstrate. also relate the command and word meaning. For example: Boys turn off lights.
Storytelling Using familiar stories, students are asked After a video clip, the teacher can instruct the student The students are learning social skills The teacher can ask open-ended to react or retell stories from memory. to act out and retell the story of the president as well as verbal skills. They are using questions to encourage more The teacher can use this approach for visiting a school and shaking their creative thinking skills to recreate proficient verbal skills. most lessons. hands. the story.
Contextual This is when a student uses clues in the context The teacher can help the student The student can gain more knowledge The teacher can use a more advanced story with
Clues of the sentence or paragraph to give them the analyze the presidents story they are reading. about reading comprehension and usage descriptions and multiple nouns and verbs. The teacher meaning of the unknown word(s). The teacher may They can look at the usage and description of the English language. can build on the strategies taught to further proficiency. use this method instead of a dictionary or thesaurus. of the unknown word to determine or guess the meaning.
Narrative This approach describes students re-telling or paraphrasing The teacher can tell portions of a science story, then The student can express what they know This method can be
Development
Approaches Analysis Application Advantages Extension Strategies
TPR Analysis is when the teacher says a single action and then The teacher can verbally command The students can follow the command More advanced action demonstrates. The teacher can use the action cue during a for the lights to be turned off by seeing it demonstrated. They can commands can be given. lesson for “on/off”. and then demonstrate. also relate the command and word meaning. For example: Boys turn off lights.
Storytelling Using familiar stories, students are asked After a video clip, the teacher can instruct the student The students are learning social skills The teacher can ask open-ended to react or retell stories from memory. to act out and retell the story of the president as well as verbal skills. They are using questions to encourage more The teacher can use this approach for visiting a school and shaking their creative thinking skills to recreate proficient verbal skills. most lessons. hands. the story.
Contextual This is when a student uses clues in the context The teacher can help the student The student can gain more knowledge The teacher can use a more advanced story with
Clues of the sentence or paragraph to give them the analyze the presidents story they are reading. about reading comprehension and usage descriptions and multiple nouns and verbs. The teacher meaning of the unknown word(s). The teacher may They can look at the usage and description of the English language. can build on the strategies taught to further proficiency. use this method instead of a dictionary or thesaurus. of the unknown word to determine or guess the meaning.
Narrative This approach describes students re-telling or paraphrasing The teacher can tell portions of a science story, then The student can express what they know This method can be
References: Cantoni, G. (1999). Using TPR-Storytelling to Develop Fluency and Literacy in Native American Languages. Retrieved from http://www2.nau.edu/~jar/RIL_5.html Carroll, S. (2012). Narration - The Best Way to Learn. Retrieved from http://eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/articles/index.pl?page=6;read=3219 Haynes, J. (2013). TPR is a valuable tool! Retrieved from http://www.everythingesl.net/lessons/tpr.php