Talk:TPR

The article states the following: "While it is clear how this can be used with beginners, it is not so..." but doesn't actually go on to explain why it is so clear... . As a declared sceptic In the interest of open-mindedness, will let the statement stay while I count to 10 in order for any adept out there to come to its defence. --Technopat 18:08, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, I'm not that exercised about the issue. Just wanted to put some more verbiage in actually.  the thing is that while you can go some way with "Stand up", "Hold out your hand" "Could you close the window", once you've got beyond giving people basic directions to make them move about then I'm not sure how much further you can take it.  Probably because I've not looked into it enough though. So with younger beginners there are a some things you can do, I'm not sure what you'd do with adults from intermediate upwards.  A few things for sure - but a complete methodology?  But I rather expect that we're not far apart on the issue.--Bob M 18:45, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * You scratch my back an'... - as you say, sounds fine for teaching imperatives, polite requests, back-to-back exercises with Lego, and so on, but the mind does boggle. --Technopat 18:58, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * This is the offending statement, which I am posting here till it gets confirmed: While it is clear how this can be used with beginners, it is not so immediately clear how it would be used consistently with advanced adults. --Technopat 19:18, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree, if you want to reword it to reflect the fact that - as least to the uninitiated - it would seem to have certain limitations beyond some basic instructions then I've got no problem.--Bob M 19:58, 17 May 2009 (UTC)