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The Direct Method, established around 1900, focuses on teaching a language through direct communication without translation, emphasizing vocabulary over grammar. It employs techniques such as reading aloud, conversation practice, and self-correction, while offering advantages like improved pronunciation and fluency, but also has drawbacks like neglecting reading and writing skills. A study found that the Direct Method is more effective than the Grammar Translation Method for teaching English at the elementary level in Pakistan.

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The Direct Method, established around 1900, focuses on teaching a language through direct communication without translation, emphasizing vocabulary over grammar. It employs techniques such as reading aloud, conversation practice, and self-correction, while offering advantages like improved pronunciation and fluency, but also has drawbacks like neglecting reading and writing skills. A study found that the Direct Method is more effective than the Grammar Translation Method for teaching English at the elementary level in Pakistan.

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The Direct Method

PRESENTED BY: HEBA ALI ABULWAIFA

English Department, School of Postgraduate Studies, Faculty of Arts, Misurata University

Language Teaching

Dr. Omar Albakbak

Jun, 2024
THE CONTENTS

• Introduction
• The principles
• The techniques
• Advantages vs.

RE
CLASSICAL LITERATU
disadvantages
• Research study on the direct 2
The Introduction
01
The direct method principles have been applied by
language teachers for many years. It established in
England around 1900, contrast with Grammar
translation method. It was revived as a method when
the goal of instruction became learning how to use
another language to communicate.

The Direct Method has one very basic rule: No


translation is allowed. In fact, the Direct Method
receives its name from the fact that meaning is to be
conveyed directly in the target language through the
use of demonstration and visual aids, with no
recourse to the students’ native language.
The approach aims to create an
environment that replicates real-life
language usage, encouraging learners to
think, communicate, and respond directly in
the target language (Blog,2023).
02
The Principles of
the Direct
Method
• Direct relation between thought and words.

• Translate into the native language is not


allowed.

• The teacher demonstrates the meaning


through the use of realia, pictures, or
pantomime.

• The syllabus used in the Direct Method is


• Grammar is taught inductively.

• By incorporating new words into whole phrases,


students practice their vocabulary.

• Vocabulary is emphasized over grammar.

• The students’ native language should not be used


in the classroom.

• Students get to self-correct


03
THE
TECHNIQUES OF
THE DIRECT
METHOD
• Reading aloud

• Question and answer exercise

• Self-correction

• Conversation practice
• Fill-in-the-blanks exercise

• Dictation

• Map drawing

• Paragraph writing
Dictation

Map drawing

Advantages VS.
Disadvantages
Advantages Disadvantages

• Pronunciation improves • The over-emphasis on oral


practice, the other skills namely
• Good for teaching words reading and writing are ignored
to a great extent.
• Helps the learners in
having good fluency • Expensive method

• Creates the suitable • Requiring native teachers


environment for learning
English • Must use English only
Awan and Nawaz (2015) compared the implementations of
GTM and Direct Method for teaching English at Elementary
Level in Pakistan. They found that:

• GTM has a valid place in the field, as it emphasizes


learning through grammatical rules and sentence
structure.

• Direct Method, emphasizes fluency and the importance


of speaking the language rather than memorizing it.

The study provides insight into the best teaching method


and it showed that direct method is the best one in
teaching English language to the students at elementary
level in Pakistan
• Awan, A. G., & Nawaz, A. (2015). Comparison of

Reference GTM and Direct Method of teaching English at


Elemantary level in Pakistan. Global Journal of

s Management and Social Sciences, 1(1), 17-30

• Blog, S.(2023, Dec 11). The direct method of


language teaching. Sanako. https://
sanako.com/the-direct-method-of-language-teac
hing

Gupta, V.(2024, May18). Direct method, Basic


Principles-Advantages, Disadvantages.
Examweb. https://
www.examweb.in/direct-method-basic-principles
-advantages-disadvantages-4910

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