Total Physical Response(TPR) - MCQs

What teachers can observe from the class by Using Commands to Direct Behavior techniques?

• Students’ understanding

• Students’ speaking ability

• Teachers’ teaching ability

• Class environment

     Which technique requires students to give the commands?

• Using Commands to Direct Behavior

• Role Reversal

• Action Sequence

• All of them

Which level of class is suitable for this method?

• Beginner level

• Intermediate level

• Advanced level

• No age barrier

Why cannot this method be used in every class?

• Student cannot express their thoughts

• Teacher cannot give a presentation for a lesson

• It states only imperative form

• All of them

What is the Action Sequence technique?

• 1. A. A technique in which students take turns in giving commands.

• 2. B. A technique in which teachers give a list of in-order commands to students.

• 3. C. A technique that has more complex commands.

• D. b & c

How does the Total Physical Response method lower student anxiety?

• By using gentle and pleasant commands similar to a parent's approach.

•  By creating a kind and supportive learning environment.

• By allowing students to imitate nonverbal models before speaking.

• All of them.

What is the nature of student-teacher interaction in TPR?

• The teacher only interacts with students during conversation practice.

• 1. The teacher and students have equal roles in directing each other.

• The teacher directs all student behavior, but later students direct the teacher and each other.

• The teacher corrects every student's error during the learning process.

What is the role of the teacher in TPR?

• To have students practice whatever exercises.

• To encourage students to speak immediately.

• To correct every student error.

• To be the director of all student behavior.

Total Physical Response support for teaching reading and writing in the same manner as speaking.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

False (Total Physical Response focuses more on oral language skills and does not specifically address reading and writing in the same manner).

Total Physical Response is a method of language instruction based on native language acquisition.

• True

• False