CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Teacher roles The teacher plays an active and direct role in Total Physical Response. “The instructor is the director of a stage play in which the students are the actors". It is the teacher who decides what to teach, who models and presents the new materials, and who selects supporting materials for classroom use.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to the approach of ‘Total Physical Response’, a teacher should teach vocabulary by connecting words with appropriate actions as this method is the best way to utilize children’s motor skills as they respond to commands as quickly as possible.

Detailed explanation-3: -The learner’s role is primarily as a listener who becomes a performer. The primary goal in TPR is to teach oral and listening skills. The teacher provides a large number of imperatives that the students execute, often over the first 120 hours. Eventually, the students should be using the imperatives with each other.

Detailed explanation-4: -A few TPR examples include facial expressions, body language, gestures, or physical props. Total physical response is a strategy that tends to work best for action related words and is also an effective way to keep your students energized and focused in class.