PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA MADRE Y MAESTRA

TESL TRAINING COURSE

PROF.: MANUEL PERALTA

SANTIAGO, FEBRUARY 2012

Total Physical Response(TPR)

GOALS To develop listening comprehension

before speaking.

To help students connect the expressions in the target language with the movement that can convey the meaning.

JAMES ASHERCreator of the TPR

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PROCEDURE The teacher gives a

command and performs with the students who remain silent.

The teacher sits down and gives new commands.

After the first six are mastered, other commands are added.

The now gives commands randomly.

When students make an error, the teacher repeats correctly while acting it.

The teacher writes the new commands on the board.

The teacher asks a student to give the commands.

THE TECHNIQUES Use of commands to direct

behavior

Role reversal. Students commanding the teacher and other students.

Action sequence.

CHECKING COMPREHENSION What are the goals of the teachers who use this

method?

What’s the role of the teacher?

What are some characteristics of the

teaching/learning process?

What is the nature of the student-teacher and the

student-student interactions?

How does the teacher treat errors?

Which of the principles of this method are

acceptable to you?

What areas of language are emphasized?

How are the feelings of the student dealt with?