DIRECT

METHOD
Here starts the
lesson!
 What is Direct Method (DM)
1. Direct method in teaching a language is directly establishing an immediate and audio visual association between experience and
expression, words and phrases, idioms and meanings, rules and performances through the teachers' body and mental skills,
without any help of the learners' mother tongue.An assortment of illustrations to use in the presentation can be found in the
alternative resources slide.

2. The direct method, also known as the conversational method or natural method, was developed by Maximilian Berlitz (1852-
1921).

3. Direct method of language is teaching the language, not about the language.
Direct
Method
Example
Is named ‘direct’ The teacher explains new
Because meaning should be vocabulary using realia, visual
connected directly with the aids or demonstrations.
target language without
translation into the native
language
Direct Method Q&A
Techniques The teacher asks questions of any
nature and the students answer

There are fi
ve
techniques: Dictation
The teacher chooses an appropriate
passage and reads it aloud. Teacher
reads the text three times
Direct Method Reading Aloud
Techniques Students take turn reading
sections of a passage, play or
dialogue out load

Paragraph
Writing
The students are asked to write
a passage in their own words
Map Drawing
Students are given a map
without labeled then the
students label it by using the
directions the teacher gives
 GOAL &
ROLE
TEACHER’S GOAL AND ROLE
IN DIRECT METHOD
LANGUAGE TEACHING
 Goal
To encourage students to think in the
target language
Role
To direct the class activities and the
role of the student ismore active than
they are in Grammar Translation
Method
 Advantages
● It promises to teach the language and not about
the language

● Its emphasis on speech made it more attractive

for those who have needs of real
communication in the target language

● It is one of the first methods to introduce the

teaching of vocabulary through realias
 Disadvantages
● Ignores systematic written work and reading
activities

● May not hold well in higher-level classes

where the translation method may be more
suitable

● Supports only limited vocabulary – it

restricts the scope of vocabulary as not all
words can be directly associated with their
meanings
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k s f or
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