Hello colleagues, I'm certain many teachers who teach beginning ESL use Total Physical Response (TPR) to assess students' listening skills. With TPR, the teacher gives prompts and the students respond with a physical movement. For example, the teacher might say, "stand up," and the students respond by standing up.
Here is a ProLiteracy TPR video that can be used in training new ESL teachers to help them understand how TPR works. The video demonstrates an instructor teaching Indonesian. It also offers huge insights as to the complexity of teaching language.
Comments welcome on the video!
If you use TPR, please let us know how you are using it. What are some common prompts you use? Have you adapted TPR for higher level English learners? How so?
Cheers, Susan Finn Miller
Moderator, Assessment CoP