TEFL May 19, 2014

1. TPR is usually used in the face-to-face classroom. Is there anything missing when TPR is used on a computer?

Yes, there's a missing part when TPR used on a computer. The teacher can't see their students understanding in action and there's no feedback when it 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?

For Melody and I, this kind of TPR-on-a-computer is good enough for the individual learners. But, it still has weakness in case to teach the real beginners because they have to understand the tutorial without any ability to ask a question or ask the computer to repeat the explanation slowly.

TEFL MAY 5, 2014

1. Is it really good for L2 learners to delay their oral production?

Language instruction should focus on the learner's listening comprehension in the early stages of acquisition, while delaying oral production until the learner was more familiar with the new language.

2. Does the natural approach attend to learners' output? Can comprehensible input alone lead to learners' comprehensible output?

The natural approach, developed by Krashen and Terrell (1983), focuses on comprehensible input and the optimum affective state of the learner.

No, because comprehensible input through computers allow teachers to add multisensory elements, text, sound, pictures, video, and animation, which provide meaningful contexts to facilitate comprehension. Also, allow learners to hear the available input as many times as needed until they feel they understand it.

3. According to your language learning experience with computers, do you think those CALL programs always provide comprehensible input, particularly in listening?

Yes, through the computer learners can get all of that facilities such as sound, video, and animation.

4. Do you think the feedback from the computer is sufficient for language learners to develop their listening skills ?

For their listening skills CALL programs are very helpful because the learners could hear the sound as much as needed until they understand.