DIRECT

METHODPREPARED BY:
NENA MAE BORROMEO
ANGELYN AREVALO
MARIA AILEEN MOYO
DHARYL MAE DEGARA
JOSHUA MALVAR
 DIRECT METHOD
(GOUIN AND BERLITZ)
According to Charles Berlitz, in the
direct method second language
learning is similar to first language
learning. There should be lots of oral
interaction, spontaneous use of the
language, no translation, and little, if
any, analysis of grammatical rules
and syntactic structures.
 DIRECT METHOD
The method direct named “direct” because
meaning should be connected directly with the
target language without translation in to native
language.
This approach, also known as the ‘oral’ or
‘natural’ method, originated around the 1900s as
an alternative to the traditional grammatical
translation method.
Direct method is based on the direct involvement
of the student when speaking, and listening to,
the foreign language in common everyday
situations.
 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DIRECT
METHOD
Classroom instruction was conducted exclusively in the
target language.
Only everyday vocabulary and sentences were taught.
Oral communication skills were built up in a carefully
graded progression organized around question and
answer exchanges between teachers and students in
small, intensive classes.
Grammar was taught inductively.
New teaching points were introduced orally.
Concrete vocabulary was taught through
demonstration. Objects, and pictures;
abstract vocabulary was taught by
association of ideas.
Both speech and listening comprehension
were taught.
Correct pronunciation and grammar were
emphasized.
PRINCIPLES OF DIRECT METHOD
Direct relation between thought
and words.
Oral Practice
Functional Grammar
No use of Mother Tongue
Limited Vocabulary
Sentence as the unit of speech
 ADVANTAGES OF DIRECT METHOD

Helps learner to acquire correct

pronunciation.
Its provides better understanding
Time saving
Helped in teaching idioms
It provides better fluency of
language
 DISADVANTAGES OF DIRECT METHOD
Direct method is difficult as there no use of
mother language
It isn’t economical as it is requires various
teaching method
May not be suitable for suitable for
average or weaker students
It gives overemphasis on listening and
speaking skills
It isn’t effective in early stages of learning
 The Fish and the Shark
One day far under the sea there was a lonely fish named Bobby. He had no friends because all of the other
fish liked to stay quiet and Bobby had the voice of an angel. The other fish picked on him because he was the only
fish that didn’t like to bully the sharks for not fitting in the school of fish because everyone knows how big sharks
are compared to the green and blue fish.

One day while Bobby was swimming to the store he saw a big shark named Gasper, Bobby felt really scared
because he had never been up close with a big shark before. Unlike other sharks Gasper was friendly, kind, and
very sweet. Bobby started to talk to Gasper. From that day on Bobby and Gasper were best friends, but with one
tiny problem they had to keep their friendship away from the others because sharks were not allowed to talk to fish.
Every day Bobby would sneak away to go see his best friend Gasper.

One day Gaspers brother Gill saw him sneaking out and followed Gasper to meet Bobby. He could not believe
his eyes. Gill ran to the others and told them what he saw. The next day Bobby went to see Gasper but Gasper
never showed up. Instead the group of sharks came to bully Bobby. They were about to eat him until Gasper
stopped them and chased them away.

Bobby went home the same day and told the others that a shark saved him. All the fish were surprised. The
next day when the sharks and fish met at school Bobby’s mom said thanks to Casper. Caspers parents then
realized how nice fish can be. The fish promised not to pick on sharks but only if sharks promise not to hurt the
seals that make the food.

From that day on the sharks and fish finally realized that they share a home and they are all like a family, and
they lived happily.
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1. Who is the main character in the fable?
2. Who is bobby’s new friend?
3. What do Gill did?
4. What happen to Bobby when Gasper didn’t show up?
BOBBY
GASPER
GILL
OTHER SHARKS
Sequence the following events according to the fable by numbering them 1-10.
______1.One day far under the sea there was a lonely fish named Bobby.
______2. One day Gaspers brother Gill saw him sneaking out and followed Gasper to meet Bobby. He
could not believe his eyes. Gill ran to the others and told them what he saw.
______3.One day while Bobby was swimming to the store he saw a big shark named Gasper, Bobby felt
really scared because he had never been up close with a big shark before.
______4. The next day Bobby went to see Gasper but Gasper never showed up. Instead the group of
sharks came to bully Bobby.
______5.From that day on Bobby and Gasper were best friends, but with one tiny problem they had to
keep their friendship away from the others because sharks were not allowed to talk to fish.
_______6. From that day on the sharks and fish finally realized that they share a home and they are all like
a family, and they lived happily.
______7. Bobby went home the same day and told the others that a shark saved him.
______8. The fish promised not to pick on sharks but only if sharks promise not to hurt the seals that make
the food.
______9. The next day when the sharks and fish met at school Bobby’s mom said thanks to Casper.
______10. The other fish picked on him because he was the only fish that didn’t like to bully the sharks for
not fitting in the school of fish because everyone knows how big sharks are compared to the green and
blue fish.