It is a teaching method based on the coordination of
speech and actions. Students will learn by repeating but
also understanding what they are doing at the moment.
"Total Physical Response is linked to the "trace theory” of memory in psychology, which holds that the
more often or the more intensively a memory connection is traced, the stronger the memory
association will be and the more likely it will be recalled."
TEACHERS
All teacher do is to give commands
to their students and make sure
they are doing what he said.
Teachers must be tolerant with students
when they do not understand
STUDENTS
They have to listen to the teacher
carefully, to understand and then
perform what they have to do.
They will start to say out laud what they are saying.
USE OF MOTHER LANGUAGE
It is used sometimes to give indications to the students, but it is better to
say those instructions in the target language and use some mimics to
make the students understand what the teacher want them to do.