The Direct Method

Have you ever heard about this language teaching method? If not, don't worry, we will explain you.

First, what are the goals objectives of the teachers using this method?

The goals of teachers using this method is to make their students learn to speak in the target language without having to translate into their mother tongue. For this, teachers have to teach their students to think in the target language and thus develop their communication skills in that language.

Second, what are the roles that both teacher and student play in this method? 

In this method, the role of the teacher is to direct the class activities, encourage students to participate in class by asking them questions constantly, and corrects their mistakes immediately. Something really important in this role is that students and teachers are partners in the learning process. In the other hand, the student role is less passive than in the grammar translation method. Moreover, students have to speak a lot that means that their communicative skills are emphasized.

Third, what are some characteristics of the teaching-learning process?

a) In this method  the meaning and the target language must be associated in a direct way.

b) The classroom instruction are conductive exclusively in the target language. So teachers don't use the mother tongue to teach them the target language.

c)  Learners acquire the vocabulary by practicing everyday.

d)  Learning new words or phrases is through of realia, pictures or pantomimes.

e) The grammar is taught inductively.