The direct method teaches language through immersion and focuses on oral communication skills in the target language. It uses everyday vocabulary, pictures, and realia to introduce concrete concepts before abstract ideas. Classroom instruction is conducted entirely in the target language to help students learn to think and communicate spontaneously through modeling, practice, and inductive discovery of grammar rules. Typical techniques include reading aloud, question-answer exercises, self-correction, conversations, fill-in-the-blank, dictation, and paragraph writing.
