Advantages
1) Easiest for teachers to use.
2) Does not require teachers to speak good
English or make good lesson preparations.
3) Only uses the textbook
4) Least stressful for students-teaching occurs
in the first language
5) Students learn the new language without
contact with native speakers.
Disadvantages
1) Students lack comprehension-only
translating word-for-word
2) Does not allow students to create meaning
in English
3) Students do not learn to read.
4) Extensive memorization
5) Very little student/teacher and
student/student interaction