: The paper studies the potential o

: The paper studies the potential of the Total Physical Response (TPR) activities to develop young learners’ foreign language skills and knowledge. Being a language teaching method that uses movement/physical activity to teach language, TPR responds favourably to the children’s need to be physically active, to learn by doing, andto learn language in meaningful communicative contexts and stress-free atmosphere. Thepaper gives a selection of TPR activities that cater to a variety of children’s languagelevels (from early stages of instruction/acquiring receptive language, to higher levels ofproficiency/developing productive skills), respect their different physical ability (including sensory impairments and physical disability), and assist several stages of developingcommunication skills (from responding to commands to playing action games/acting outstories). The activities are classified in relation to a function they can have in a lesson(lead-in, warm-up, introduction, recycling, and wrap-up). The paper concludes that themain potential of using TPR activities in language teaching is in creating conditionssimilar to first language learning (making input meaningful and comprehensible), in reducing stress and engaging children affectively, and in assisting retention through motormovement.