CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Direct Method aims at establishing the direct bond between thought and expressions and between experience and language. It is based on the assumption that the learner should experience the new language in the same way as he experienced his mother tongue.

Detailed explanation-2: -Audio-Lingual The theory behind this method is that learning a language means acquiring habits. There is much practice of dialogues in every situation. New language is first heard and extensively drilled before being seen in its written form.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Direct Method is based on the direct involvement of the student when speaking, and listening to, the foreign language in common everyday situations. Consequently, there is lots of oral interaction, spontaneous use of the language, no translation, and little if any analysis of grammar rules and syntax.

Detailed explanation-4: -But in Bilingual method of teaching English, mother tongue is used as a last resort only to make the meaning of English words, phares and sentences clear to the students. Direct method of teaching English is a method in which only English is used for teaching English.

Detailed explanation-5: -Direct method: It is also known as the Berlitz method as in both methods, the teacher teaches and addresses the students in the target language only. It focuses on speaking skills and emphasizes learning the target language directly without translating it into the mother tongue.