Process
- All discussion, classroom language, excercises, and teacher talk, is the target language.
- The goal of the instruction is for the students to guess, or work out, the rules of the language.
- To aid in induction, the teacher asks questions that are hopefully interesting and meaningful, and the students’ response is then used to provide an example of the target structure.
Teacher: Is the weather nice today? Student: No, it is not nice today. Teacher: Will you go to the beach anyway this weekend? Student: Yes, I will go to the beach anyway this weekend. Teacher: Will you go to the beach even though it is not nice? Student: Yes, I will go to the beach even though it is not…
- The direct method insists on accuracy and errors are corrected in class.
- After several exchanges of the sort given above, when the teacher considers that enough examples have been given, the rule is discussed and explained in the target language.