direct method

American  

noun

1. a technique of foreign-language teaching in which only the target language is used, little instruction is given concerning formal rules of grammar, and language use is often elicited in situational contexts.

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direct method British  

noun

1. a method of teaching a foreign language with minimal use of the pupil's native language and of formal grammar

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Etymology

Origin of direct method

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

In the direct method, producers soak the moist beans directly in the solvent or in a water solution containing the solvent.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2024

"This settles years of debate about what powers this type of explosion, and reveals an unusually direct method of studying the activity of stellar corpses."

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2023

But when the boxes proved cumbersome, the team employed a more direct method: flipping over heavy chunks of seafloor with the ROV’s robotic arm to collect what lay beneath.

From Scientific American • Aug. 9, 2023

The boxes also gave voters a direct method for submitting their ballots, rather than sending them through the U.S.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2022

The strong emphasis placed upon the direct method in this article should not be misinterpreted as meaning that a fluent command of the spoken language is a conditio sine qua non.

From College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Klapper, Paul