Kiel Fachdidaktik Englisch

Direct Method

- late 19th century until today
- teacher-oriented method
- for Realschulen, developing schools in Germany
- training of oral communication skills (imitation, immediate correction of errors, embedded in everyday situations)
- more 'natural': 'direct' use of target language as medium of instruction
- mothertongue is forbidden
- typical tasks: dialogue, role-play
- using recast to make students realize and correct their mistakes on their own
- directly connecting words with meaning through objects, pictures, demonstrations
- grammar not central, inductive

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