The document discusses the Direct Method approach to teaching foreign languages. It notes that the Direct Method avoids translation and uses demonstration and visuals to directly convey meaning in the target language. Some advantages are that it focuses on practical communication skills through listening and speaking, emphasizes vocabulary over grammar, and promotes real use of the language. However, disadvantages include the lack of teachers trained in this method, insufficient attention to reading and writing skills, difficulty applying it in large classes, and higher costs associated with materials.

1. The Direct Method

2. Introduction
• As with the Grammar-Translation Method, the Direct
Method is not new. Its principles have been applied by
language teachers for many years. Most recently, it was
revived as a method when the goal of instruction
became learning how to use a foreign language to
communicative.
• 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 through the use of demonstration
and visual.

3. Experience

4. Advantages and disadvantages
• Despite being a common method noted some
advantages and disadvantages.

5. Advantages
• The main objective of the direct method is to teach
communication skills in a foreign language by means of
minimizing the use of native language in class.
•The direct method places a strong emphasis on practical
and oral training through listening and speaking.

6. Advantages
• The vocabulary is more important than grammar, and
the most important is to talk.
•Its emphasis on speech made it more attractive for
those who have needs of real communication in the
target language.

7. Disadvantages
• Lack of teachers that interested in using DM (not many
teachers creative to create their own materials)
•DM ignores written work & reading activities and
sufficient attention is not paid to reading & writing skill.

8. Disadvantages
• In Large class, DM is not properly applied. (not satisfy
the needs of individual)
• DM is not suitable for public school because it is
costly. (realia, visual meterials)

9. Conclusion
•Teachers who use the Direct Method believe students
need to associate meaning and the target language
directly. To do this, when the teacher introduces a new
target language word or phrase, he demonstrates its
meaning through the use of pictures, or pantomime; he
never translates it into the students' native language.

10. Conclusion
•Teachers who use the Direct Method believe students
need to associate meaning and the target language
directly. To do this, when the teacher introduces a new
target language word or phrase, he demonstrates its
meaning through the use of pictures, or pantomime; he
never translates it into the students' native language.