No class time is allocated to allow students to produce their own sentences.
There is often little contextualization of the grammar
The type of error correction can be harmful to the students’ learning processes.
Grammar Translation Method
Old method
Useful to teach classical language
Word to word translation
Word is unit of teaching
No practice of speaking
No direct bond between thought and expression
Direct method
Direct method
II. The Direct Method
i. Background: a reaction to the grammar-translation approach in an attempt to integrate more use of the target language in instruction.
ii. The Principal Characteristics
Only use the target language in class.
The learner should be actively involved in using the language in realistic everyday situations.
Students are encouraged to think in the target language.
First speaking is taught and then only reading and writing.
Direct method
iv. Strategies Using Direct Method
Q & A: The teacher asks questions of any nature and the students answer.
Dictation: The teacher chooses a grade appro-priate passage and reads the text aloud.
Reading Aloud: Students take turn reading sec-tions of a passage, play or dialog out loud.
Getting Students to Self-Correct: The teacher should have the students self-correct by offering them a choice between what they said and the proper pronunciation.
