Direct Method

It is also known as:

Natural Method
Phonetical Method
Reform Method
Anti-Grammatical Method

Background
It started at the 18th and 19th
centuries by Sauveur and Franke
they proposed that language
teaching should be undertaken with
taget-language.
It was stablished in Germany and
France.

Teacher Role Student Role

Asking the students.
Teach orally
Correct pronunciation
Is the model
Direct the class activities.

They answered.
They think in the target language.
Learn by themselves.
Learning by self
Is more active than they are in the
GTM.

Advantages disadvantage
s

Facilitates understanding of the

language
Improves fluency
Its based on an active class
They use audio-visual aids.
Aids reading.
Facilitated reading and writing

Limited vocabulary
Ignores systematic written work
and reading activities
Its difficult for slow learners

Characteristics
Focus on everyday language and
comprehension
The objective was associate words with
pictures, mimics and visual materials.
They never translate
The classes were orally
Based on C.J. Dadsons bilingual method
(Dialogs and texts).
Used in teaching foreign languages.

Techniques

Questions and Answers

Dictation
Map Drawing
Reading Aloud

Francois Guion
He was a teacher who lived in
France.
F. Franke: Thought a language could
best be taught by using in actively in
the classroom.
L. Sauveur: Used intensive oral
interaction in the target language.

Never

Translate
Explain
Make a speech
Imitate mistakes
Speak with single words
Speak too much
The book
Jump around
Go too fast
Speak to slowly
Speak to quickly
Speak to loudly
Be impatient

Do

Demonstrate
Act
Ask questions
Correct
Use sentences
Make students speak much
Use you lesson plan
Follow your plan
Keep the peace of the student
Speak normally
Speak naturally
Speak naturally
Tae it easy

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