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Comprehension questions are given as a part of the reading section. It contains answering question, making inferences based on the understanding of the
reading passage and relating of personal experience. 3.
Antonyms or Synonyms The students try to find the antonym or synonyms in the reading passage from
the teacher. The purpose is to allow students to define the words based on their understanding of the reading passage.
4. Fill in the Blanks
The students are filling in the blanks in sentences with new words items or particular grammar rules, such as prepositions or verbs with different tenses.
5. Memorization
The students are translating a set of vocabulary in the target language into the native language and the teacher asks them to memorize the vocabulary.
Grammar rules and patterns are required to be memorized. 6.
Using words in sentences Students create sentences to illustrate they know the meaning and use the new
vocabulary items.
2. Techniques in The Direct Method
In the Direct Method has one basic rule: No translation is allowed. It is different from Grammar-Translation Method. In this method the students are not allowed to
speak in their native language but they should use a foreign language to communicate. The teacher explains the new words by using realia or pictures but teacher never
translates into students’ native language. The teacher also teaches the grammar first then students try to find out the rules or the grammar.
Techniques linked with this method are: 1
Reading Aloud
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Students read aloud a passage or a dialog in turns then to make students understand the materials; teacher can use realia, picture, examples to
make the meaning of the section clear or gestures. 2
Questions and Answer Exercise Questions and Answer Exercise is a technique which is used by the teacher
to chec k students’ understanding about the reading passage. In this
technique is more concentrate on speaking by asking and answer questions. This activity uses the target language and no native language
allowed. So, students can practice the new words and grammatical structures.
3 Dictation
The teacher reads a reading passage three times. At the firs time, teacher reads in normal speed and the students just listen. Second, teacher reads
phrase by phrase with several pauses and sometimes long pause to give time for students to write down what they have heard. Finally, teacher
rereads the whole passage with normal speed and students check their work.
3. Techniques in Audio-Lingual Method
The purpose of this method is to enable students to use the target language communicatively. Audio-Lingual Method drills students in the use of
grammatical sentence pattern. The teacher gives dialogs that contain new vocabulary and presented through imitation and repetition drills such as
repetition, backward build-up, chain, and question-and-answer. Those are conducted based upon the patterns in the dialog.
Techniques associated to this method are: 1
Dialog Memorization
