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Direct Method
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Direct Method
Characteristics
- Correct pronunciation and grammar were emphasized.
- Classroom instruction was conducted exclusively in the target language.
- Only everyday vocabulary and sentences were taught.
- Grammar was taught inductively.
- New teaching points were introduced orally.
- Grammar was taught inductively.
- Only everyday vocabulary and sentences were taught.
- Classroom instruction was conducted exclusively in the target language.
- Correct pronunciation and grammar were emphasized.
Weaknesses
- It required teachers who were native speakers or who had nativelike fluency in the foreign language.
- It was largely dependent on the teacher’s skill, rather than on a textbook,
- not all teachers were proficient enough in the foreign language to adhere to the principles of the method.
- It was largely dependent on the teacher’s skill, rather than on a textbook,
- It required teachers who were native speakers or who had nativelike fluency in the foreign language.
Strengths
- Makes learning very interesting, stablishing direct bond between a word and its meaning
- facilitates students participation
- students are able to understand what they are learning
- Speech fluency, pronunciation and grammar structures are developed
- students are able to understand what they are learning
- facilitates students participation
- Makes learning very interesting, stablishing direct bond between a word and its meaning
Abilities that focus on
- Oral communication is the goal
- listening comprehention
- grammar and punctuation
