TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE METHOD + HWK

Design two TPR activities for a class of beginners: one for a group of adult learners and another for teenagers. You can find useful guidelines in: www.tpr-world.com

• Activity for adult learners:

In a group of 8 adult students, the teacher will give instructions in order the students get the mastery of 9 vocabulary items.

1> The teacher is going to act out the action and demonstrate the imperatives clearly.

Teacher says: 

-Point the door.

-Point the window.

-Walk to the desk.

-Sit on the chair.

-Touch the board.

-Open de notebook.

-Pick up your bag.

-Point the ceiling.

-Close your notebook.

2> Next the teacher will say the commands but without the action in order to rehearse.

3> The teacher will evaluate the mastery of the commands from the student.

• Activity for teenagers learners:

1> The teacher ask their students to group teams.
2> The teacher is going to say a profession and demonstrate it with an action.
3> The teacher will  give the teams a envelope with two cards that shows professions, the students must act to their classmates the image on the card.
-The rest of the group must pay attention in order to recognize the action.
- The group will say the name of the proffesion outloud.
- Every team participate.

3> The teacher will evaluate the recognition of the professions from the student.