الاستجابة البدنية الكلية : مدخل إلى تعليم اللغة العربية لغير الناطقين بها

Abstract EN

The aim of this study is to describe an implementation of the Total Physical Response (TPR), and approach for teaching foreign languages by emphasizing the listening skill first before speaking.

The listening skill in this approach is accompanied by physical responses required from beginning students of Arabic.

The researchers describe their experience in teaching Arabic to American students learning Arabic as a foreign language at an American University through TPR.

The TPR classroom relied mainly on physical response through the imperative forms of Arabic (Walking, Sitting, Moving, Touching, Looking and so forth).

Teachers in this approach direct students to perform such physical actions.

It was found out eventually that this approach was effective especially for promoting language proficiency at the beginning stages of learning Arabic