Abstract: TPRS is a widely-used teaching method in foreign language teaching in the United States. The study on the feasibility of TPRS from the aspects of teachers, students and teaching facilities, along with its application effects with the empirical research of TPRS classroom teaching as demonstration, has significant enlightenment for college oral English teaching reform in China. The study shows TPRS is a beneficial attempt in college oral English teaching reform, and is of due significance and research value.

Key words: TPRS, college English, oral English teaching