DIRECT METHOD by taffy_bb@hotmail.com https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x Principles en-us 2022-07-02 14:14:11 UTC 2025-05-12 15:34:14 UTC hello@padlet.com Goals of teachers who use the Direct Method taffy_bb https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235559086  Teachers who use the Direct Method intend that students learn how to communicate in the target language. In order to do this successfully, students should learn to think in the target language. ]]> 2022-07-02 14:16:04 UTC https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235559086 Role of teacher and students taffy_bb https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235560679 2022-07-02 14:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235560679 Characteristics of the teaching/learning process taffy_bb https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235561084  * Teachers believe students need to associate meaning with the target language directly.

]]> 2022-07-02 14:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235561084 taffy_bb https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235561582  Teacher never translates the information into the students’ native language. ]]> 2022-07-02 14:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235561582 taffy_bb https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235562263  The syllabus used in the Direct Method is based upon situations.]]> 2022-07-02 14:26:15 UTC https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235562263 taffy_bb https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235562385  Grammar is taught inductively; that is, the students are presented with examples and they figure out the rule or generalization from the examples. ]]> 2022-07-02 14:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235562385 taffy_bb https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235562476  Students practice vocabulary by using new words in complete sentences. ]]> 2022-07-02 14:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235562476 The nature of student–teacher and student–student interaction taffy_bb https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235562937 2022-07-02 14:28:19 UTC https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235562937 How are language and culture viewed? taffy_bb https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235563530  Language is primarily spoken, not written. Therefore, students study common, everyday speech in the target language. They also study culture consisting of the history of the people who speak the target language, the geography of the country or countries where the language is spoken, and information about the daily lives of the speakers of the language. ]]> 2022-07-02 14:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235563530 Areas of language emphasized taffy_bb https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235563910  ]]> 2022-07-02 14:31:36 UTC https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235563910 How is evaluation accomplished? taffy_bb https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235564745 Although there is no formal evaluation, students might be interviewed orally by the teacher ormight be asked to write a paragraph about something they have studied.]]> 2022-07-02 14:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235564745 Teacher responding to student errors taffy_bb https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235565143 2022-07-02 14:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235565143 TECHNIQUES taffy_bb https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235565544 2022-07-02 14:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235565544 Reading aloud taffy_bb https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235566428 2022-07-02 14:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235566428 Question and answer exercise taffy_bb https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235566847  This exercise is conducted only in the target language. Students are asked questions and answer in full sentences so that they practice new words and grammatical structures. They have the opportunity to ask questions as well as answer them. ]]> 2022-07-02 14:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235566847 Getting Students to Self-correct taffy_bb https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235567008  The teacher of this class has the students self-correct by asking them to make a choice between what they said and an alternative answer he supplied. ]]> 2022-07-02 14:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235567008 Conversation practice taffy_bb https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235567177 2022-07-02 14:42:21 UTC https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235567177 Fill-in-the-blanks exercise taffy_bb https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235567404 2022-07-02 14:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235567404 Dictation taffy_bb https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235567864 2022-07-02 14:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235567864 Map Drawing taffy_bb https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235568231 2022-07-02 14:45:56 UTC https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235568231 Paragraph Writing taffy_bb https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235568427  The teacher in this class asked the students to write a paragraph in their own words. They could have done this from memory, or they could have used the reading passage in the lesson as a model. ]]> 2022-07-02 14:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/taffy_bb/1ikgn4jozhl4e71x/wish/2235568427