It is based on the idea that learning language successfully comes through having to communicate real meaning.

It is known as the anti-grammatical method.

Mother tongue plays an important role in this method.

It rejects the formal grammatical organization of language.

Learning is facilitated if the learner discovers rather than remembers and repeats what is tobe learned.

It is based on the idea how the human brain works and how we learn most effectively.

It involves physical movement to react to verbal input.

It is based on the assumption that certain words will elicit a response with a specific set of words.