Direct Method
Direct Method
DIRECT METHOD
The Direct Method
Advantages:
One of its positive points is that it promises to teach the
language and Not about the language.
It is a natural method which teaches language in the same
way the mother tongue is acquired. Only the target
language is used and the learning is contextulaized.
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.
Direct Method
Criticism
In spite of its achievements, the direct method fell short
from fulfilling the needs of educational systems. One of its
major shortcomings is that it was hard for public schools to
integrate it. As R.Brown (1994:56) points out, the Direct
Method ” did not take well in public schools where the
constraints of budget, classroom size, time, and teacher
background (native speakers or nativelike fluency) made
such a method difficult to use.”
After a short popularity in the beginning of the 20th
century, it soon began to lose its appeal because of these
constraints. It then paved the way to the Audiolingual
Method.
Bibliography and Further Reading
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