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Chapter 8 (Total Physical Response) - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 8 (Total Physical Response)
Introduction
James Asher
Asher says that the fastest way to achieve understanding of the target language is to follow the instructor's directions
Experience
The teacher gives a command
Teacher gives orders
The teacher is satisfied because the students have mastered the six commandments
Reviewing the Principles
The TPR goals
Students enjoy the learning experience
What's teacher and student role?
The teacher is the director of all student behavior
Students are imitators
Characteristic of the teaching/learning process?
Modelling
Perform
Students develop the ability to understand foreign utterances obtained through a combination of elements
Student-teacher interaction and student-student interaction
First, the teacher talks to the students and the students answer nonverbally
Then, the students become verbal and the teacher becomes nonverbal
The feelings of the students
Students overcome anxiety by making learning a happy and enjoyable atmosphere
Language and culture viewed
The oral modality
Culture is the lifestyle
Areas and language skills are emphasized
Vocabulary and grammatical structures
The spoken language is emphasized
Student role in native language
TPR usually introduce in the students mother tongue
How is evaluation accomplished?
Observe the students action
Formal evaluations
The teacher respond to student error
Teachers are tolerant of student mistakes
Correct major errors
Reviewing the Techniques
Using Commands to Direct Behavior
Role Reversal
Action Sequence