Learning occurs most naturally within a context.

Students are allowed to use their native language.

One of the language teacher's major role is that of a model of the target language.

Students can monitor their own learning and are aware of their situation in the classroom by comparing him/herself with other classmates.

In order to learn effectively, students have to be in a state of "relaxed concentration".

The student-student interaction is learning from one another, the teacher silence is one way to do this.

The syllabus is based on situations or topics such as the common, everyday speech or the culture of target language and not usually on linguistic structures.

The teacher should respect the autonomy of the learners in their attempts at relating and interacting with the new challenges.

Students are able to learn from the environment that surrounds them, even if their attention is not directed to it.

It is used an oral-based approach, and drills students in the use of grammatical sentence patterns.

Mistakes are not seen as part of the process but as something that should be avoided.

Reading and writing exercises are based upon what the students practice orally first.

Language learning is a process of habit formation.

The teacher tries to elicit the physical reaction of the students to the command he or she is giving.

It does not have communicative objectives and the classes are taught in the student’s first language.

It is more important for language to be grammatically correct than for it to be natural.

The output of the students will be same as the input that the teacher has provided them.

Abstract concepts are explained through associations and by students making connections.

It is a method whose goal is to teach oral proficiency at a beginning level, to teach basic speaking skills and get students ready to learn.