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    The direct method focuses on oral communication skills in the target language through activities like questioning and answering, dictation, and conversation. It aims to teach language similarly to a first language by using only the target language and emphasizing speech over written work. While it promotes natural language acquisition, it may lack resources for implementing exclusively oral instruction and developing other skills like reading and writing.

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    ELT Approaches, Methods and Techniques

    1. Name of approach/method/technique
    Direct method (DM)

    2. The objectives
    - Experience new language
    - Target language

    3. Characteristics
    - Oral communication skills
    - Vocabulary and sentences
    - Grammatical rules
    - Listening and speaking skill

    4. Advantages & Disadvantages


    Advantages Disadvantages
    - It is a natural method which teaches - Lack of teachers that interested in using
    language in the same way the mother DM.
    tongue is acquired. Only target language is - DM ignores written work and reading
    used and learning is contextualized. activities and sufficient attention is not paid
    - It emphasis on speech mode. It more to reading and writing skills.
    attractive for those who have needs of real - In large class, direct method is not properly
    communication in the target language. applied.
    - First methods to introduce the teaching of - Not suitable for public school because it is
    vocabulary through realias. costly.

    Application (of activities in the classroom)


    - Q&A
    - Dictation
    - Reading Aloud
    - Getting students to self-correct
    - Conversation
    - Map drawing
    - Paragraph writing
    Differences between GTM and DM
    DM GTM
    1. Avoid close association between the 1. Maintains close association between the
    second language and the mother tongue second language and the mother tongue

    2. lays emphasis on speech 2. lays emphasis on translation


    3. follows the child’s natural way of learning 3. follows the adult’s natural way of learning
    language language

    4. teaches the language by ‘use’ 4. teaches the language by ‘rule’


    5. does not favour the teaching of formal 5. teaches formal grammar from the very
    grammar at the early stage beginning

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