Handout 3.

TPR method
Watch the video and answer the questions:
1. What was the author inspired by?
He looked at the way in which we learn our native language
2. What psychological theory underlies the TPR method? (make a scheme).
Left hemisphere – language learning
Right hemisphere - movement

3. What is the difference between natural learning and formal learning?

When we are young we tent to do in the way in which we learn language is to use the whole of our brain whereas
formal schooling tends to only use half of it – only the left hemisphere.

4. Why is motion so important?

So the use of motion and learning would be a fairly typical way of using total physical response. If we, for
example, are learning the vocabulary of the parts of the body, then we wouldn't just listen and repeat those
particular words but we'd actually use movement. So if we were learning the word for our arm, we would
move our arm whilst we were saying that word. If we were learning the word hand, we would use our
hand whilst we're learning that word and by bringing those two things together, it was shown that would
actually enhance the learning process.

5. What are the pros of TPR method?

- Good for young students
- Long term retention

6. What are the cons of TPR method?

- High levels not really suitable
- Long silent period

Handout 4. Suggestopedia method

Watch the video and answer the questions:
1. What psychological theory underlies the suggestopedia method? (make a scheme).

Internal – previous experience

Affective filter
External – external noise

2. Why is it so important to create conditions similar to a womb?

We can feel safe in the womb and our effective filter now be a little lowest.

3. How to create conditions similar to a womb ? Complete the statements:

1 concert -_lively music puts brain into receptive mood.
2 concert -_baroque music puts learner into a state of a “passive sponge”
 4. What is the next stage of the learning process?
Next stage of the learning process is production
5. What are the pros of TPR method?
- Very comfortable
- Clear psychological theory

6. What are the cons of TPR method?

- Too different
- Not easy to create the ideal conditions

Handout 5. Silent way method

Watch the video and answer the questions:
1. What psychological theory underlies the SW method?
This particular methodology moved on from the behaviorist stimulus response to what's called a theory of
constructivism
2. Why is it necessary to visualize learning?
Visualization is important aid to the learning process. It provides valuable contextual information about the
meaning and usage of the word.
3. What is the idea of using colored rods in brief?
The idea is that each of these colored rods would represent a different sound, a phoneme if you like, and by using
those rods he could teach vocabulary and indeed grammar by using a series of colored rods. One particular color
may represent one particular sound and by putting those colors out in a series, he could represent the linking of
those sounds into a particular word and indeed the length of the rod itself could tell you something about how
long that sound should be pronounced

4. How is the idea of using colored rods related to constructivism?

For example, you can use series of colored rods to develop the pronunciation of words, move on to the next
level into the way in which sentences are actually constructed by using the rods and so on and so forth.
5. What are the pros of SW method?
- uses cognition in the learning process
- fun
6. What are the cons of SW method?
- learning before you start English
- too distant from the teacher