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The Communicative Approach
The Direct Method
The Oral Approach
The Natural Approach
Community Language Learning
The reason for the exclusive use of the foreign language in the Direct Method is to enable the students to think in the target language, so that they can use it to express themselves without referring to their mother tongue.
Classroom procedures in the Direct Method can be roughly divided into three phases. What are they?
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What are the classroom procedures used in the Direct Method?
Classroom procedures in the Direct Method can be roughly divided into three phases: presentation by direct association, oral practice in the target language, and consolidation with .
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In the Direct Method, the most frequently used techniques of consolidating what has been presented and practiced are , purposeful tasks and graded composition.
association of language with objects and persons of the immediate environment is emphasized in the Direct Method.
In the Direct Method,( )is learned inductively through listening and speaking activities.
What is the learning theory of the Direct Method as summarized by Comenius?
The learning of a foreign language was viewed by the Direct Methodologists as analogous to the language , and the learning processes involved were often interpreted in terms of an associationist psychology.
Rather than teaching grammar deductively, in the Direct Method teachers encourage learners to rules of grammar through active use of the target language in the classroom.
Rather than teaching grammar deductively, in the Direct Method, teachers encourage learners to rules of grammar through active use of the target language in the classroom.
The Direct Method advocates the importance of oral language and believes that language should be learned through direct of form and meaning.
What is the learning theory of the Direct Method according to Comenius?
The learning of a foreign language was viewed by the Direct Methodologists as analogous to the language , and the learning processes involved were often interpreted in terms of as associationist psychology.
F.Gouin’s linguistic and psychological theories based on his observations of children’s use of language were directly applied to the practice of the Method.
The Direct Method got its name from the assumption that are to be connected directly with the target language,without going through the process of translating into the students’ native language.
The Direct Method got its name from the assumption that are to be connected directly with the target language, without going through the process of translating into the students' native language.