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The Direct Method

The Direct Method aims to teach students to communicate in the target language by encouraging them to think in that language and engage actively in the learning process. Teachers use realia, pictures, and pantomime to convey meaning without translation, while grammar is taught inductively through examples. Evaluation focuses on students' ability to use the language in practical situations rather than demonstrating knowledge of grammar rules.

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The Direct Method

The Direct Method aims to teach students to communicate in the target language by encouraging them to think in that language and engage actively in the learning process. Teachers use realia, pictures, and pantomime to convey meaning without translation, while grammar is taught inductively through examples. Evaluation focuses on students' ability to use the language in practical situations rather than demonstrating knowledge of grammar rules.

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Summary of TESL Methodology

METHODOLOGY THE DIRECT METHOD

GOALS Teachers who use the Direct Method intend that students learn how to
communicate in the target language. In order to do this successfully,
students should learn to think in the target language.

TEACHER’S ROLE Although the teacher directs the class activities, the student role is less
passive than in the Grammar-Translation Method. The teacher and the
STUDENTS’ ROLE students are more like partners in the teaching/learning process.

T&L Teachers who use the Direct Method believe students need to associate
CHARACTERISTICS meaning and the target language directly. In order to do this, when the
teacher introduces a new target language word or phrase, he demonstrates
its meaning through the use of realia, pictures, or pantomime; he never
translates it into the students’ native language. Students speak in the target
language a great deal and communicate as if they were in real situations. In
fact, the syllabus used in the Direct Method is based upon situations (for
example, one unit would consist of language that people would use at bank,
another of the language that they use when going shopping) or topics (such
as geography, money, or the weather). Grammar is taught inductively; that
is, the students are presented with examples and they figure out the rule or
generalization from the examples. An explicit grammar rule may never be
given. Students practice vocabulary by using new words in complete
sentences.

S-T INTERACTION s-t interaction = Interaction goes both ways.

S-S INTERACTION s-s interaction = Students converse with one another.

FEELINGS No principles related

ROLE OF Language is spoken, not written.


LANGUAGE &
CULTURE Students study the culture and history of the people who speak the targeted
language.

ROLE OF L1 Native language should not be used in the classroom.

EVALUATION In the Direct Method, students are asked to use the language, not to
demonstrate their knowledge about the language. They are asked to do so
using both oral and written skills. For example, the students might be
interviewed orally by the teacher or might be asked to write a paragraph
about something they have studied.

STUDENTS The teacher, employing various techniques, tries to get students to self-
ERRORS correct whenever possible.
MAIN 1. Reading aloud
TECHNIQUES 2. Question and answer exercise
3. Getting students to self-correct
4. Conversation practice
5. Fill-in-the blank exercise
6. Dictation
7. Map drawing
8. Paragraph writing

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