# Hassan Banaruee
( 10:25 ق.ظ)
,Hello to all dear colleagues
As we all know this is as DEAD as a DODO,,
According to Wilga M. Rivers, the average learners exposed to direct method were soon distracted
from foreign language learning. Also, the teachers had to be remarkably
energetic if they were to maintain the same degree of interest and enthusiasm
in all the classes throughout the day. Where it was possible for the learners to
have exposure to the foreign language outside their classroom, the method
was a great success. But when it came to the learners who had the opportunity
of learning it or practising it only in the classroom, the method did not succeed
fully.
Many teachers in the English Language Teaching field, after employing
the Direct Method for a while, drifted to other methods or made improvements
to their fancy. This shows the impracticality of the method to some extent.
Where the Direct Method demanded explanation in the foreign language itself,
teachers gave short explanations in their mother tongue to save time and
effort.