Lesson 4 Topic: direct method Aims: to gain a practical understanding of the direct method and learn when to use them appropriately Time

The essentials of direct method are the followings:

1. 
   No translation
   
2. 
   Concepts are taught by means of objects or by natural contexts through the mental and physical skills of the teacher only.
   
3. 
   Oral training helps in reading and writing listening and speaking simultaneously.
   
4. 
   Grammar is taught indirectly through the implication of the situation creation.
   

The direct method, also known as the conversational method or natural method, was developed by Maximilian Berlitz (1852- 1921) towards at the end of the 19th century as a reaction to the dissatisfaction with the grammar Translation Method. This method it is called like that because the target language has to be direct connected with the meaning without translation into the native language. Furthermore, direct teaching is a systematic instructional method that requires the teacher to have a command of the subject matter. Hence, this method is based on behaviorist learning principles; moreover, it helps to get students attention. This method continues to provoke interest and enthusiasm today, but it is not an easy methodology to use in a classroom situation. For that reason, this method that almost disappeared as a distinct method during the 1930’s has become a tool for teachers to teach a foreign landuage.
Task 2. Answer the questions

1. 
   What is the difference between direct method and grammar-translation method?
   
2. 
   What kind of characteristic features of the direct method do you know?
   
3. 
   Can you enumerate the essentials of direct method?
   
4. 
   Can you tell us the additional information about natural method?
   

Task 3. Mark the following statements as true (T), false (F)

1	Question/answer exercise	the teacher chooses a grade- appropriate passage and reads it aloud.
2	Dictation	the teacher asks questions of any type and the student answers.
3	Reading aloud	the students take turn reading sections of a passage, play or a dialogue aloud.
4	Student self-correction	the students are asked to write a passage in their own words.
5	Paragraph writing	when a student makes a mistake the teacher offers him/her a second chance by giving a choice
6	Conversation practice	the students are given an opportunity to ask their own questions to the other stude---nts or to the teacher. This enables both a teacher- learner interaction as well as a learner- learner interaction.

Task 4. Read the SWOT and discuss it with your partner and put marks (+ I know), (-


SWOT