Direct Method in Language Teaching: A Natural Approach, Resúmenes de Idioma Inglés

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ENGLISH METHODS

Essentials  (^) No translation  (^) Concepts are taught by means of objects or by natural contexts through the mental and physical skills of the teacher only.  (^) Oral training helps in reading and writing listening and speaking simultaneously.  Grammar is taught indirectly through the implication of the situation creation. [

Techniques  (^) Question/answer exercise – the teacher asks questions of any type and the student answers.  (^) Dictation – the teacher chooses a grade-appropriate passage and reads it aloud.  (^) Reading aloud – the students take turn reading sections of a passage, play or a dialogue aloud.  (^) Student self-correction – when a student makes a mistake the teacher offers him/her a second chance by giving a choice.  (^) Conversation practice – the students are given an opportunity to ask their own questions to the other students or to the teacher. This enables both a teacher-learner interaction as well as a learner-learner interaction.  (^) Paragraph writing – the students are asked to write a passage in their own words.

merits

 Facilitates understanding of language

 Improves fluency of speech

 reading becomes easier and more

pleasant

 Emphasizes the target language

Develops listening, speaking,

reading.

Demerits

 Ignores systematic written work and reading

activities

 May not hold well in higher-level classes where the

translation method may be more suitable

 Needs skilled teachers; e.g., less effective if

teachers have a poor command of English

 Ignores reading and writing aspects of language

learning

 Does not teach grammar systematically

 Time-consuming in creating real life situations

 Less suitable for slow learners, who struggle with

this method