should be given to oral skills. Sometimes also called natural method, is a method that refrains
from using the learners' native language and just uses the target language. Texts are not
commented from a grammatical point of view. The direct method operates on the idea that
second language learning must be an imitation of first language learning, as this is the natural
way humans learn any language - a child never relies on another language to learn its first
language, and thus the mother tongue is not necessary to learn a foreign language. This method
places great stress on correct pronunciation and the target language from outset. It advocates
teaching of oral skills at the expense of every traditional aim of language teaching.
According to this method, printed language and text must be kept away from second
language learner for as long as possible, just as a first language learner does not use printed word
until he has good grasp of speech.
Learning of writing and spelling should be delayed until after the printed word has been
introduced, and grammar and translation should also be avoided because this would involve the
application of the learner's first language.
5.1.3 The Reading MethodReading approach is one of methods that can be used by teacher. It is one of way that
will help students to solve their problem in reading. In reading approach, students will improve
their knowledge and get something new because they are demanded to read more. Reading
becomes important because it is an active skill which involves inferencing, guessing, predicting
etc. It also has, more often than not, a communicative function. By reading students will know
about the tenses, kinds of tenses and how to use it. They also will know about the different of
culture by reading cross cultural understanding, and they will learn how to pronounce the words
correctly. In reading approach, many things that will be achieved by students and they can
master English well. So, Because of the important of reading that have already mentioned before,
teacher should teach and emphasized the students to read effectively by using reading approach.
Because not many teachers were native speakers of the respective foreign language, the
Direct Method was left aside, and replaced by The Reading Method, which focused on the
importance of reading and translation, together with basic rules of grammar, necessary for the
comprehension of the texts. However, the lessons are not structured upon grammar points.
Syllabuses for these courses do not focus on grammar, but on texts and vocabulary items.
Grammar rules are explained, at a basic level, as they occur in texts.
5.1.4 The Silent Way