The teachers in English Medium Schools usually teach their students in:
2021
The teachers in English Medium Schools usually teach their students in:
- A.
the direct method
- B.
the grammar-translation method
- C.
the bilingual method
- D.
the structural method
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Correct answer: D
Concept: Approaches to teaching a language are classified by how the target language is presented and practised: the Direct Method uses only the target language for oral immersion in a dedicated language class; the Grammar-Translation Method teaches through translation and explicit grammar rules; the Bilingual Method alternates the mother tongue and the target language in a planned way; and the Structural Method introduces and drills the language’s core sentence patterns and grammatical structures in a graded sequence.
Application: In English Medium Schools, students must acquire sufficient command of English sentence structures to follow instruction across every subject, not only in a dedicated English-language class. Teacher-training material for this second-language-teaching context recommends the Structural Method precisely for this setting: it introduces and drills the graded sentence patterns and grammatical structures of English so that students build the structural competence needed across the whole curriculum — a broader goal than the single-classroom oral-immersion aim of the Direct Method.
Cross-check against each option:
the direct method — a technique confined to a dedicated language class that uses only the target language with no translation — it describes a language-class technique, not the general school-wide medium of instruction.
the grammar-translation method — relies on translating between the target language and the mother tongue, which is the opposite of teaching subjects directly in English.
the bilingual method — deliberately alternates the mother tongue with the target language, which does not match instruction delivered directly in English.
the structural method — builds the graded sentence-pattern competence in English that students need to access instruction across the curriculum, which is why English Medium School teachers commonly use it when teaching English to their students.
Result: The structural method is the correct answer, since it is the language-teaching method that builds the graded English sentence-pattern competence students need to access instruction across the curriculum, and it is accordingly the method English Medium School teachers commonly use when teaching English to their students.