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

The direct method of imaging exoplanets involves using a coronagraph or starshade to block a host star's light, allowing for scientists to capture a faint image of the new world in orbit.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024

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

An international economic arrangement may therefore be plausibly presented as the easiest and most direct method of relieving China of the Japanese menace.

From China, Japan and the U.S.A. Present-Day Conditions in the Far East and Their Bearing on the Washington Conference by Dewey, John