Total Physical Response (TPR) is a teaching method
that uses physical movement to help students learn
language and vocabulary. It is a method of teaching
language or vocabulary concepts by using physical
movement to react to verbal input. The process mimics
the way that infants learn their first language, and itreduces student inhibitions and lowers stress. In TPR,
instructors give commands to students in the target
language with body movements, and students respond
with whole-body actions. Total Physical Response is
particularly useful for, but not limited to, teaching
beginners and, or younger students and is highly
effective for teaching imperative-based languages,
where the commands are easily expressed through
actions. Having that said, check the alternative, whose
statement is not associated with the one of the core
principles of TPR.
✂️ a) TPR mimics the way infants learn their first language
by creating a link between speech and action in the
brain. ✂️ b) TPR involves multiple senses, for it engages students by
using both their left and right sides of the brain. ✂️ c) TPR compares the similarities and differences between
the native language and the target language to help
students understand the language system, for it focuses
on reading and writing, and pays little attention to
speaking and listening. ✂️ d) In TPR, lessons are organized around grammar, and in
particular around the verb. Instructors issue commands
based on the verbs and vocabulary to be learned in a
lesson. However, the primary focus in lessons is on
meaning, ✂️ e) TPR can be used to teach many things, including
vocabulary, tenses, classroom language, and
storytelling.