The Direct Method: The Direct Method: Disadvantages And Methods

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The direct method
The direct method, the natural method, came as a reaction for the Grammar- Translation method because Grammar-translation method was not powerful enough for preparing students in using the target language. That reflected the purpose of creating a method that have student ready to communicate in the second language. As the Grammar-Translation allows students to participate in and use the native language of students which why they rejected this approach. After I have studied this method, I have found that it focus on spoken language rather than written language and I like its concept because spoken language is important for me or for the most language learners. That is, spoken language is used more often than written and which …show more content…

One of Direct method advantages are that does not teach about languages but it teaches language itself and its use. It is also taught in similar way that first language is acquired, so it is follow the natural order of acquisition. Thus, students’ spoken language is given priority by using commonly day language. That would prompt students to study because what they are leaning is exist in really life. Moreover, this method has become well-known for those who want to communicate in real life speech because it emphasize on spoken rather than other …show more content…

They did not stop students and correct them if the learning session is ongoing because interpreting student could keep them behind and then they become afraid of making mistakes. Thus, they stop participating and they wouldn 't learn the target language. Teachers in the American Language institute prefer the direct method and they integrate it with another deductive method which have student ……. This method is applied by of the teacher i met they. She had student picked up some idioms and they did role play in groups. Each group had to come up with a scene involved in some idioms that they were required to perform in front of students. If the students did not mention the idioms correctly and accurately, she went over them when they finished. She also inquired student to count on how many idioms they got out of ten if they got them all that means their performance was great. Having student acting in a situation similar to the real one enhances students memory to recall in the same situation in the future. That is, they matched with a real events apparently would store in the long term memory. They also would be able to use it in the exact setting that requires them to use this kind of idioms. Involving expression that is related to our daily life speech would evoke students to learn more and more because of

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