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Grammar Translation Method
Known as the classical method.
It was used to teach “dead” languages (Latin and Greek).
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Direct Method
Is also known as Natural Method, the Reform Method, the Anti-grammatical method or the Berlitz Method.
Was developed by Maximilian Berlitz.
Is named "direct" because meaning should be connected directly with the target language without translation into the native language. -
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Audiolingual Method
Known as the Army Method or the Aural oral approach.
It is based on the structural view of language and the behaviorist theory of language learning. -
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Total Physical Response
Total physical response (TPR) is a language teaching method developed by James Asher, a professor emeritus.
It is based on the coordination of language and physical movement. In TPR, instructors give commands to students in the target language, and students respond with whole-body actions. -
Suggestopedia
Suggestoedia was developed by Bulgarian educator Georgil Lozanov.
From the words “suggestion” and “pedagogy.”
It derives from Suggestology: ‘a science … concerned with the study of the nonrational influences’ that human beings are responding to. -
The Silent Way
The Silent Way was developed by Caleb Gattegno.
It is based on the premise that the teacher should be silent as much as posible in the classroom and the learner should be encourage to produce as much language as possible. -
The Natural Approach
Developed by Stephen Krashen and Tracy Terell.
