The Direct Method was established in Germany and France around 1900 as a contrast to traditional Grammar-Translation methods of language teaching. It immerses learners in the target language similarly to how a first language is acquired, with all teaching done in the target language through oral interaction and without using the learner's native language. Grammar is taught inductively with a focus on speaking and listening everyday language. While initially popular, the Direct Method fell out of favor due to its assumption that a second language is acquired the same as a first, when the conditions are actually very different. It paved the way for the later Audio-Lingual Method.

2. HISTORY
It was established in Germany and France around 1900 and contrasts with the Grammar
translation method and other traditional approaches.

3. • Joseph Sauveur
• Maximilian Berlitz
He used to use in his clases an intensive
oral interaction, withouth using mother
tongue
He created many schools who were
attended by immigrants

4. DIRECT?
• New knowledge should be connected directly with the target Language

5. In the Direct Method language is learnt for
communication where language is
primarily speech, as Larsen-Freeman (2000)
states.
Vietor (1882) "This study of grammar is a
useless torture. It is certainly not
understood; therefore it can have no
effect as far as the moulding of the
intellect is concerned and no-one could
seriously believe that children could learn
their living tongue from it."
DEFINITION

6. HOW THE DIRECT METHOD IS
DEVELOPPED?
-Response to the Grammar-Translation method.
-Immerse the learner in the same way as when a first
language is learnt.
-All teaching is done in the target language, grammar is
taught inductively, there is a focus on speaking and listening,
and only useful ‘everyday' language is taught.
-The weakness in the Direct Method is its assumption that a
second language can be learnt in exactly the same way as a
first, when in fact the conditions under which a second
language is learnt are very different.

7. EXAMPLE:

8. Never
translate,
always
demonstrate
First Basic
Vocabulary (
Objects,
pictures,
realia,
miming)
Do not gives
rules: make
them figure
out the rule.
Oral
transmission (
Speech and
listening)
Learning by
self
correction
Basic principles

10. Competence
in language
Vocation
Direct
method
Teacher

11. Techniques
Q & A
Dictation
Reading
Aloud
Map
Drawing
Paragraph
Writing

12. Advantages Disadvantages
Total immersion technique (use
language naturally)
Less time, budget, teacher
background and opportunity in
schools (grades)
Oral skills (correct pronunciation) Lack of organized and
systematic grammar
Imitation of the natural way
humans learn any language
Child is not interested in
recognition of new living
situations
After a short popularity in the beginning of the 20th century, its son began to lose its
appeal because of these constraints. It then paved the way to the AUDIO-LINGUAL
METHOD

13. BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/direct-method
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