The Comprehension Approach Ms. Rasha Ali
It is called this because of the importance it gives to listening comprehension. There are some similar approaches to the comprehension like: Natural approach – Learnable approach – Lexical approach Introduction
How to apply TPR in TEFL Class p. 109 -110 1- Introduce the method to your student in Arabic 2- your Ss will not speak but rather they will listen to you and do what you do 3- you will need some volunteers 4- They will sit next to you facing their friends. 5- Only volunteers and you can speak the others will listen and follow you 6- you will give them some commands in English “TL” and they will do the actions with you How to apply TPR in TEFL Class p. 109 -110
7- you can start for example by saying “stand up” something they never heard before 8- you will stand up so they will do as you 9- Then you ask them to do like you “many times” 10- If Ss make an error, you need to repeat the command while acting it out 11- Use different commands and do the same 12- Write the new commands n the board 13- Later you will just give the command and your Ss will do the action alone.
TPR Principles 1. Teacher’s goal: 2. Teacher’s role: To reduce the stress students feel when studying foreign languages. To encourage them to persist in their study beyond a beginning level. 2. Teacher’s role: Teacher is the director of all students’ behavior. 3. Students’ role: They are imitators of their teacher nonverbal model. TPR Principles
4. Teaching characteristics: - Giving Ss some commands - Perform the action with them - Ss perform the commands alone - Ss learn to read & write these commands - Students at the end speak and give commands 5. T-S / S-S interaction: Teacher interacts with the whole class “individually and group” Students perform the actions together. They can learn by watching each other.
8. Areas of language emphasized: 6. students’ feeling: To reduce their stress, by allowing them speak when they are ready. To make language learning enjoyable as possible. 7. Language viewed: The oral modality is basic. Culture is the life style of people who speak the language natively. 8. Areas of language emphasized: Vocabulary and grammatical structures.
9. Students’ native language: TPR is usually introduced in students’ native language, but after that TL is used. 10. students’ evaluation: Observing students’ actions individually. 11. Respond to students’ errors: Teacher correct only major errors.
1- Using commands to direct behavior 2- Role reversal 3- Action sequence TPR techniques