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III Language teaching methods.
· (Traditional: the grammar-translation method/ classical method.)
· Traditional: the direct method
Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiQvG-fvzLM
Kids lesson (direct method)
Language is primarily speech
Reading skills are developed through practice with speaking
Realia is used to convey the meaning
Demonstration instead of translation or explanation
Complete sentences instead of vocabulary lists
The purpose of language learning is communication
Pronunciation
Self correction
The goals of the teacher are communication, demonstration instead of translation (the
teacher used pictures and pointed to yourself...