Natural Approach / Direct Method of Language Teaching

[@JordanWinters-l5f]

You have such a natural way of teaching.

[@Gamatov]

This is interesting stuff! I work as a teacher of Swedish for immigrants (SFI) and often use activities described here. For example, I let students come forward and act out a Swedish everyday situation, like waiting in line, or returning a purchase to the shop, meeting a neighbour in the shared laundry room... like a role play. I've read about suggestopedia which has a similar approach. But this describe pretty well what I do and it really does the trick.

[@ALO7English]

Glad you found the video useful! The Direct Method is an excellent way to teach students.

[@sasa3766]

PLEASE, PLEASE , MAKE MORE VIDEOS WITH THE REST OF THE METHODS, THE AUDIOLINGUAL METHOD, SO IMPORTANT, AND ON YOU TUBE IS SO BADLY EXPLAINED BY INDIAN PPL, AND THE GRAMMAR TRANSLATION METHOD, AND ALL THE REST OF THE METHODS, PLEASE, YOU WOULD GET LOADS OF VIEWS AND LIKES !! THANKS POR POSTING THIS VIDEO, WE LOVE YOUR VOICE!! ARE YOU FROM CALI , BY ANY CHANCE? KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK !! I SUSCRIBED!!

[@Mnnvint]

My English teacher in primary school used the direct method, it was a time when teachers in Norway still had a lot of freedom in how to teach. For me it helped immensely. I didn't realize how much it helped until I started learning German in fifth grade, with the "traditional" method (memorizing lists of dictionary words and grammar mnemonics etc.)

[@ALO7English]

Wow! You experienced the difference in teaching methods at a young age. Thanks for commenting.

[@cristhianpedraza8666]

You're such a good teacher, thanks for share your knowledge!

[@ALO7English]

Thanks!

[@abrahamandrade9554]

You are amazing at making these videos Lela. They are very helpful especially with new tutors.

[@theblondelions9894]

If you only focus on a method you are heading for failure. Traditional methodologies have been proved to be a waste of time in terms of getting real skills to use a language for what a language is mainly meant to. That is, to speak in fluently in real contexts of interaction. So we must aim to use different methods,: direct, teaching grammar but in a metacognitive and conversational way,. We must put into practice the knowledge coming from Neuroscience in the field of the acquisition of a foreign language. We have to implement a holistic and conversational approach that lets us a balanced combination between contextual learning and adquisition. Despite a pure acquisition is not available when it comes to the process of learning of a foreign language, there are some interest aspects involved in it that can be used in an efficient way.

[@MolLongli87]

Your wonderful smile and welcoming energy is the best proof that the direct way is very useful :)

[@mauimindbodymedicine]

Dice are a very good suggestion, thank you.

[@loganathanvenkatachalam4009]

Excellent presentation of the direct method.

[@ALO7English]

Thank you! Teacher Lela was our Teacher of the Year in 2017.

[@christinebell691]

Great information and ideas! Thank you for sharing!

[@anaflores2415]

Love your ideas❤

[@khusheduacadmy7867]

You are a best teacher Ma'am

[@OriginalKingRichTv]

Almost there bud, best is mostly used when your comparing the subject to other subjects. Such as You are THE best teacher(absolute) You are ONE OF THE best teachers(comparing the subject and putting it on a pedestal)

[@collagekidbjayofficial4376]

Thanks a lot; this was helpful

[@aracellygonzalez8397]

Great explanation. I ' ll start using this method in my online classes

[@lisaraigeluw8825]

Great tips!

[@masoomtafiee7391]

Tnx for your explanation

[@cherahsBroll]

This is awesome! Thank you!

[@ayoubirissan1258]

thanks a bunch this video is so helpful

[@ALO7English]

Great!

[@megawatikaranjangana6989]

Thanks Miss

[@basavarajuramaiah7315]

my approach is to change the OS of your computer to the target language (and make sure that there is option to switch over)

[@evamariaandujarescobar4900]

Thank you so much for ur video. I am doing my programming right now and it's being very useful to get this kind of info. By the way, could you give me any web site to go deeper through the theories you have mentioned in the video (TP our storytelling and raw seus method). It would be very helpful . thanks again for sharing ! :)

[@ALO7English]

You can find many articles about teaching on our blog: www. blog.alo7.com

[@saravananneother4868]

There's a book called Learning Teaching by Jim Scrivener also 30 Teaching Methods by Scott Thornburry.

[@kashisonati5570]

Thank you

[@miladaghaie5878]

Thanks a lot,it was really helpful

[@ALO7English]

You're welcome!

[@rogereduardomandujanomaced2006]

Is the direct and natural approach the same ?

[@Bored_Trumpet]

What is the first method (1:38) she described so I can look more into it? Rawseus? Roscius? Rossius? Rausius?

[@sarahwu5842]

I'm also wondering about this!

[@Bored_Trumpet]

Oh, it's the Rassias Method, named after a John Rassias.

[@kronniichiwa9909]

Useful

[@ALO7English]

Thanks!

[@up_your_level]

What is the first method called in this approach?

[@damagecase3370]

What is the name of the first method? I didn't catch it. Great video by the way! Thank you from Madrid, Spain.

[@ALO7English]

Thank you! The first method is called the Direct Approach.

[@mauimindbodymedicine]

the Rassias Method

[@ayisige3019]

😍😍🙌🏻

[@pthompson2113]

How did you create your virtual background?

[@ALO7English]

Teacher Lela has the wall in her office painted green and in this video she was using the pro version of Zoom, which has the option to use virtual backgrounds with the use of a green screen.

[@coachkevinorabe17]

Hello. What is the first method again?

[@ALO7English]

The first method that Teacher Lela talks about is the direct approach method, which is basically language immersion.

[@diegorivero6281]

@@ALO7English But what about the one that favours speaking and listening over the other skills? She mentions it, though.

[@valerians.lagasca2226]

what is the first method called?

[@sheminnaseem4388]

👏👏👏👏

[@htvjeans2681]

Please help me add examples about direct methods, thanks

[@ALO7English]

I'll see if I can find some video examples and upload them at some point. Thanks.

[@fireball0762]

Children need Phonics

[@madjdaterrad5322]

what is the raw seus method plaise

[@shelleydalgety6573]

Rau's IAS

[@shelleydalgety6573]

it is more like a teaching academy or coaching centre, in India as I understand it. hope this helps.

[@madjdaterrad5322]

Thank you so much 🥰💕

[@samiaibtissam8816]

🖒🖒❤❤❤❤

[@agnesdo9802]

When.ppl smile all the time en have a high pitched voice, they are very impatience and not hounest.

[@sarakhayami999]

Where is the difference to the audiolingual methods?

[@lelaschavers4943]

While the two methods are similar in that neither uses the native language, the Audio-lingual method is based on behaviorist theory and focuses more on grammar by repetition instead of learning target vocabulary using visuals and TPR.

[@Allyne42]

One die. Not dice.

[@masoomtafiee7391]

Tnx for your explanation