WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
direct′ meth′od,
- Linguistics, Educationa technique of foreign-language teaching in which only the target language is used, little instruction is given concerning formal rules of grammar, and language use is often elicited in situational contexts.
- 1900–05
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