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NATURAL METHOD
PHONETICAL METHOD
ANTI-GRAMMATICAL METHOD
REFORM METOD
THINKING ABOUT
THE EXPERIENCE
OBSERVATION
PRINCIPLES
OBSERVATION
PRINCIPLES
OBSERVATION
PRINCIPLES
The native language should not be
used in the classroom
In
Englis
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please
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Observation
4. The teacher answers the
students questions by drawing on
the blackboard or giving
Principles
Observation
5. The teacher asks questions
about the map in the target
language, to which the students
reply in a complete sentence in
the target language
Principles
Students should learn to think in
the target language as soon as
possible. Vocabulary is acquired
more naturally if students use it
in full sentences, rather than
memorizing word lists
Observation
6. Students ask questions about
the map
Principles
The purpose of language learning is
communication (therefore students
need to learn how to ask questions as
well as answer them)
Pronunciation should be worked on right
from the beginning of language
instruction.
Self-correction facilitates language
learning.
Observation
Principles
OBSERVATION
12. All of the lessons of the week
involve U.S.A geography.
PRINCIPLES
The syllabus is based on
situations or topics, not usually on
linguistic structure.
Reviewing the
principles:
1. What are the goals of teachers who
use the Direct Method?
Teachers who use the Direct Method
intend that students learn how to
communicate in the target language.
2. What is the role of the teacher?
What is the role of the students?
The student role is less passive than in
the Grammar-Translation Method.
Direct Method
Reading aloud:
Students take turn reading sections of
a passage, play or dialogue out loud
Question & answer:
The teacher asks the questions of any
nature and the students answer
Conversation practice:
Teacher asks the students a number of questions in L2
Students should be able to answer correctly in full sentences
They are also given an opportunity to ask their own questions
to the other students or the teacher
Fill-in-the-blank exercise:
Unlike the GTM, all are given in the target language
No explicit grammar rules would be given
Students deduce the grammar rules through the items or
examples given by the teacher
Dictation:
The teacher chooses a grade appropriate passage and reads
the text aloud. Teacher reads the passage three times.
Map drawing:
Students are given a map without labelled then the
students label it by using the directions the teacher gives.
Paragraph writing:
The students are asked to write a passage in their own
words.
Students:
Carrazana, Dalma
Reales, Leila
Miranda, Lurdes