CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The direct method of teaching, which is sometimes called the natural method, and is often (but not exclusively) used in teaching foreign languages, refrains from using the learners’ native language and uses only the target language.

Detailed explanation-2: -Direct method: It is also known as a natural and anti-grammatical method, it facilitates the active participation of students. It focuses on speaking skills and emphasizes learning the target language directly without translating it into the mother tongue.

Detailed explanation-3: -1. Owing to over-emphasis on oral practice, the other skills namely reading and writing are ignored to a great extent. 2. Average and below average students, especially from rural background, find difficulty to grasp the things taught via this method.

Detailed explanation-4: -Principles of The Bilingual Method The understanding of words and sentences in foreign languages can be made easier by the use of mother tongue. There is no need to create artificial situations for explaining the meaning of words and sentences of the target language.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mother tongue can be used to provide a quick and accurate translation of an English word that might take several minutes for the teacher to explain. Using English only, in EFL classrooms can lead to some problems because there would be no guarantee that the instructions and explanations are understood correctly.