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.