1.What are the principles of the Berlitz Method ?
´ð£ºThe principles of the Berlitz Method consist of:1)Classroom instruction was conducted exclusively in the target language.2)Only everyday vocabulary and sentences were taught.3)Oral commnication skills were built up in a carefully graded progression organized around question and answer exchanges between teachers and students in small,intensive classes.4)Grammar was taught inductively.5)New teaching points were introduced orally.6)Concrete vocabulary was taught through demonstration, objects,and pictures;abstract vocabulary was taught by association of ideas.7)Both speech and listening comprehension were taught.8)Correct pronunciation and grammar were emphasized
2.What are the theoretical basis of language underlying the Direct Method?
´ð£ºThe theory of language underlying the Direct Method was mainly derived from the innovators and reformers of the 19th century:1)Every language has its own structure and can not be forced into the straitjacket of Latin grammar.2)Since the spoken language came into being before written language,speech paterns rather than grammar should be the fundamental elements of language.3)Spoken language is a learnable system of sounds,and sounds are best described by phonetic transcription.4)According to Gouin,verbal expression is intimately linked with thought about real events.
3.What is the learning theory the Direct Method?
´ð£ºComenius summarized the learning theory of the Direct Method as follows:1)The learner will acquire rules of grammar inductivesly.2)The best method of teaching meaning is the one using sensory experence,generaly visual perception.
4.What are the teaching techniques used in the Direct Method?
´ð£ºThe techniques used in the Direct Method include direct association,question and answer exercises,conversation practice,error correction,dictation,inductive teaching of grammar,listening comprehension tasks and graded composition.