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structures: complete sentences: questions and answers. No native language was used.
The teacher encouraged students with compliments: Good job! Well-done! The
teacher repeated yourself and asked students to repeat the sentence or question when
the error occurred.
· Humanistic Methods: The Total Physical Response (TPR)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikZY6XpB214
TPR and Language Acquisition
The students should enjoy the experience
Students imitate the teacher nonverbally: physical movement to react to
verbal input
Students get ready to speak after about 1020 hours of instruction
Teaching procedure: a) modelling, b) demonstration c) commands in
random order to demonstrate comprehension, d) reading and writing
commands, e) students issuing commands
No forcing to speak
Culture is the lifestyle of people who speak the language natively
I agree that this method is perfect at the beginner level. And it is pretty natural as
well