[简答题]What are the main characteristics of the Oral Approach And what is the main difference between this Approach and the. Direct Method

参考答案: The main characteristics of the Oral Approach are as follows: (A) Language teaching begins with the spoken language. Material is taught orally before it is presented in the written form. (B) The target language is the language of classroom. Translation should be avoided. (C) New language points are introduced and practised situationally. (D) Vocabulary selection procedures are followed to ensure that common core words are covered. (E) Simple forms of grammar are taught before complex ones, and inductively. (F) Reading and writing are introduced once a sufficient lexical and grammatical basis is established. The Oral Approach insists the new language points be taught situationally. The Direct Method holds the meanings and the target language should be associated directly without referring to students’s first language.