Making it Happen: Chapter 8

The concept of integrating physical involvement in the language learning process is one that will take me some time to add to my own bag of tricks. For whatever reason, I'm stuck in this idea that the only way to get through all of the content I need to teach is through direct instruction (even though I know how inaffective nonstop direct instruction can be). It's exciting to me to have this chapter's resources at hand. My favorite ones that Richard-Amato shared are the activities, though I know the simple commands are great first steps for ELLs. I'm grateful Richard-Amato also shared information about the limitations of TPR and expansions on the concept through storytelling and the audio-motor unit. This is where the rubber meets the road.