DIRECT METHOD

This method is based on:

1.                        Second language is the linchpin of the communication (not Spanish is allowed).

2.                        Vocabulary and sentences are focus on quotidian life.

3.                        Oral communication skills were built up in a carefully graded progression…

4.                         Grammar was taught inductively.

5.                         New teaching points were introduced orally.

6.                        Using demonstrations, objects and picture to teach vocabulary.

7.                         Listening and Speaking are set as the main aim of the lessons.

8.                        Correct pronunciation and grammas were emphasized

What are its main objectives?

What a teacher wants to get with this method is promote conversation and discussion in classroom using the target language, so the mother tongue is completely forbidden (Unless the students could benefit from it) in order to being successful in this aim, moreover listening and oral production becomes really important whereas translation and grammar rules are ignored.

How is a lesson like?

A topic, which is usually from real life situations, is presented in the target language and then we start to introduce the vocabulary, so they have to reap it whatever in chorus, whole class together, groups or rows. Imagination is the main key.

Using a huge range of resources will help out pupils to learn the concepts better. Check the following examples:

• ·         Songs
• ·         Games
• ·         Mime
• ·         Objects
• ·         Visual aids (charts, posters, etc)