The Direct Method

What is the main basic rule for this method?

• No translation is allowed.

• Try to translate as little as possible.

• Translate as much as you want/need.

What is the teacher's main role?

• To teach them new vocabulary so in that way they will be able to speak fluently.

• To direct and encourage students to participate in class.

• To read new information while the students are writing down new vocabulary.

What is the student's main role?

• To listen all the instructions given from the teacher and work in textbooks.

• To use the L1 in order to clarify doubts.

• To interact spontaneously with other students being less passive than in other methodologies.

Which of the following could be consider as activities to be used in this method?

(more than one answer is correct)

• Map Drawing.

• Conversation practice.

• Dicatation.

• Reading aloud.

Have you ever experienced this method (as a teacher or as a student)?

• Yes

• No