[Music] direct method the direct method of teaching or natural method used in teaching foreign languages it doesn't use the learner's native language and uses only the target language the goal is to learn how to use a foreign language to communicate and there is one very basic rule no translation is allowed origin of direct method direct method was established in england around 1900 and it contrasts with the grammar translation method it was adopted by key international language schools in the 1970s [Music] here are four advantages of direct method one pronunciation improves it can help your pronunciation clearer and better two good for teaching words it is the best way for teaching vocabulary such as words and idioms three having good fluency it helps the learners and having good fluency because you don't need to think when speaking just speak out four getting confidence students feel encouraged when speaking english as you don't need to translate anything in your brain [Music] these are three disadvantages of direct method [Music] one emphasizing on listening and speaking skills for some students who want to learn reading and writing this method will never work for you two requiring native teachers it requires a high level of language competence in teachers because teachers must use english all the time and number three must use english only so it would be quite hard for those students whose first language is not english demonstration good morning students good morning how are you today okay i see you you look very very happy today so today we are going to learn about the fruits okay do you know what is the fruits okay if you don't know i'm going to tell you what eat the fruits so we have six fruits for today and the first fruit is apple apple repeat after me apple apple i like to eat apple i like to eat apples yes very good you like to eat apple yes okay and the next one watermelon or american accent you can pronounce pronounce this word like watermelon watermelon okay i like to eat watermelons i like to eat watermelons okay and the next one do you know what is this orange yeah absolutely this is an orange orange repeat after me orange orange orange i like to eat orange okay and the next one this is do you know what is this yeah exactly banana [Music] banana i like to eat bananas i like to eat bananas yes very good and the next one what's eat this yeah exactly i like to eat kiwi [Music] yeah correct um this is i think this is probably the last one for today this is a pie natural hi pineapple uh i like to eat pineapple i tried to eat pie yeah very good crab your hands so finally there is a quote that i really love for you if you wish to learn a language then we should try to recreate the conditions that we learn our native language in thank you [Music] you