Why I
feel this Total Physical Response Storytelling is the best way to teach
a foreign language.
Students
show a greater interest in it.
Teachers
have fun.
It
really gets through to the students because all of the eight intelligences
are used.
All
of Blooms Taxonomy is used so higher level of thinking is used also.
Students
remember better because of the gestures that they learn with the words
and the practice with them.
You
learn it the same way that you learn your first language so it doesn't
require your brain to do extraneous work.
The
stories are weird so the students remember them better.
The
new vocabulary is repeated on average of 70 times per class setting therefore
increasing understanding and memorization.
Fluency
is created from the beginning.
There
isn't a lot of pressure with grammar because they learn it through hearing
it.
There
is a lot of oral language spoken by the students which increases fluency
and is normally a downfall for many students.
Teachers
get to make their own way of having students read and write.
You
can get support from other teachers who are doing it.
By
the second year it doesn't take much planning.
No
need to give out homework, which student's like.
It
is gaining more followers because of it's success.
It
works!!!!!!
Everyone wins!!!!
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