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TPR used on a Computer
1) TPR is usually used in the face-to-face classroom. Is there anything missing when TPR is used on a computer?
2) Please read the program descriptions of "Live Action English Interactive" and "Live Action Spanish Interactive" and a review of the Spanish one. Both programs use the principles of TPR to design for beginning and intermediate adult learners. However, TPR is usually used to teach languages to younger learners. Do you think "TPR-on-a-computer" is good for adults to learn languages? Why or why not?
Note: Groups 3 and 7 are required to answer these two questions.
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Re: TPR used on a Computer
Hi, class, we are group3: Eugene, Christine Wu, Jean, Stacey Chen and Queenie
The essence of TPR (完全肢體反應教學法) is that the teacher gives the learners an order and instruction, then the learners response from their body language after they know what the order and instruction means.
(1)Is there any missing when TPR is used on a computer?
When TPR is used on a computer, the learners only use their hands to click the computer without using all of their bodies to response. We think that learners wouldn’t have deep impression on what they learn. For example, when the order says “brush your teeth”, the learner may not really brush his teeth but just chose one answer on the computer. Thus, the learners wouldn’t get deep impression on this order.
On the other hand, for children, study with other children in the same classroom is another way to learning. In the classroom, the interaction is not only between the teacher to the students, but also among the students and the students. When the TPR use on a computer meets the interaction quality between the teacher and the students, but there still a blemish for the students. The children not only imitate the action from the teacher but also imitate the action from other classmates. All of our group members agree that is the regrettable one of the TPR which used on a computer.
And we all know that socialization is important for children to develop their mind. Therefore, we think children should learn with a real teacher and classmates. Through playing games with other classmates, they will be more interested in what they learn and have deep impression on it. However, the TPR-on-a-computer is missing this function---socialization. It doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t use TPR-on-a-computer. We also can use it as assistance instead of as a primary teaching way in children’s language learning.
(2)Do you think "TPR-on-a-computer" is good for adults to learn languages? Why or why not?
We think that TPR-on-a-computer is not good for adults. One of the reasons is that the answers of those exercises the TPR-on-a-computer provides are usually short-answer, like Live Action Spanish Interactive. We think that adults should practice longer answer. Short-answer for them is not enough for their language learning.
Furthermore, there is something inappropriate in TPR which use applied on the adults. Adult-teaching is different from children-teaching which have to aggravate the impression and strengthen memory for children all the time. If the TPR always teach the adults to echo some action which isn’t very difficult then they might be feel boring though the interaction. Therefore, the effect of the TPR might be satisfied in the end.
The other reason that we think TPR is not good for adult is that adults may not be the beginning learners of English; instead, they may have learned a lot of vocabulary and readings in their junior high. Therefore, what they need is not simply looking at the clips on a computer, listening to what the instructor says, and click the right answer. Besides listening, they need to learn speaking, reading writing skills altogether.
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 Re: TPR used on a Computer
1. TPR is usually used in the face-to-face classroom. Is there anything missing when TPR is used on a computer?
1) When the computer gives a command, we cannot sure if the student understands or not by physically doing the action. If the student does not know the answer of the question, he or she may just click any button to guess the answer, and the computer will not know. Finally, students cut corners to speculate answers of exercises.
2) In the face-to-face classroom, the instructor can adjust the content according to the students’ comprehension of the context or alter the input to make students understand easier. However, in TPR on a computer, it is difficult for this kind of system to adjust content according to learners’ levels instantly.
2. Please read the program descriptions of "Live Action English Interactive" and "Live Action Spanish Interactive" and a review of the Spanish one. Both programs use the principles of TPR to design for beginning and intermediate adult learners. However, TPR is usually used to teach languages to younger learners. Do you think "TPR-on-a-computer" is good for adults to learn languages? Why or why not?
Although TPR is usually applied to teach languages to younger learners, TPR is also helpful for adults to learn language. For me, I am an adult. When I get into shockwave.com to download some games to play, I learn certain words that belong to the game. Also, some games allow people to chat during the game, and probably those opponents are native speakers. In the conversation, I may learn some native usage of words. If you are a shy person, you can just watch those competitors play and chat.
In my opinion, adults who are interested in such activities can learn English happily, but for people who do not like games may think it is boring and wastes time. Furthermore, for adults who are English beginners have limited vocabulary, and then it is hard for them to get into the instructions and learn from it.
To conclude, TPR is useful for people who like to play games and have intermediate English ability.
In LIVE ACTION SPANISH INTERACTIVE, the learners may want to know more conversation sentences rather than just one. For example, the chapter one’s topic is “Good morning,” and in real life, we may have many different ways to say goodbye or to say hi to each other, but if the learners only learn from this website, and then the learners may not know other ways to express their feelings in such situation. Those materials may let conversations into stereotyped conventions.
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