Grammar translation

The Grammar Translation Method The Grammar translation method, or classical method started when people wanted to read literature written in the target language. Its focus was on grammatical rules, the memorization of vocabulary and of various declensions and conjugations, translations of texts, doing written exercises.  Rules of grammar, not the language itself, are all important. Verb declensions are set out tables, vocabulary lists to be learned, leading to translation from mother tongue into

a foreign language. In the past, teachers used the grammar translation approach, which consisted on reading literary texts and translating them from the target language into the mother tongue. This approach was influenced by the traditional methods that had been used for the teaching of Latin and Greek. It lost popularity throughout the years because linguists and teachers started to focus on the context instead of on form. The grammar translation approach used literary texts to teach the language

language, they developed over the years and centuries, in this essay two well-known teaching methods will be discussed, their principles, their advantages, and their drawbacks, these methods are Grammar Translation Method and The Direct Method. Grammar Translation Method (GMT): The Grammar Translation method is an old method of teaching a foreign language, it was used to teach classical languages such as Latin and Greek, that’s why it was called “the classical way” to teach a language, this

This essay will highlight the grammar translation method and direct method. It will provide the history and characteristics of these two methods. In addition, it will also highlight the advantages and disadvantages of these two methods and the implementation of the two methods in Malaysia. Grammar translation method is a method of teaching foreign languages derived from the classical (traditional) method of teaching Greek and Latin from late 19th centuries and early 20th centuries and it was essentially

Teaching (CLT). Grammar Translation Method is a very traditional methodand I think in more or less in all medium schools it is mainly used. When we visit two schools, teachers were also use Grammar Translation Method and Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)for teaching the students. From my point of view, in our Bangladeshi culture especially beginner level of students need appropriate use of both native language (L1) and target language (L2) and for that reason Grammar Translation Method and Communicative

Grammar Translation Method Is it grammar translation method is useful to implement in the classroom? Have you ever heard about it? This method is not new in English language teaching, because it has been used by language teacher for many years. At the time, it was called “classical method” since it was first used in the teaching of the classical languages, Latin and Greek. There are many method that usually used by teacher to teach foreign languages. One of them is Grammar Translation Method.

teachers changed frequently in the first year but all of them have much in common. All of them used grammar translation method. They used to write bilingual lists of words on board, then we, as students, were asked to copy these lists and memorize them by heart. All teaching concentrated on reading and writing skills, but there were no activities concentrating on speaking or listening. In addition, grammar rules were taught in that stage of learning the language as mathematics equations, and we were asked

allow forteachers or student to improve their skills in any way, but to simply remember certain ‘chunks’ of translation. Another commonly addressed approach is the audio-lingual method. This approach consists of repeating audio phrases, oftentimes verbally, and relying on these repetitive drills to form habits and L2 skills in a learner. This method suffers from the same affliction as the grammar traslation method, in that it produces a passive speaker who is unengaged from the L2. Again, some positives

professor Jonnathan Elizondo in the U.I.A. Throughout this paper, a variety of organization techniques will be describe. In order to understand better the method that the teacher used during this observation; is it very important recall that Grammar Translation Method is one of the most

concern. Also, the mismatch between the textbook and testing system is another one concern as well. While textbook focuses on four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing, testing still focuses on testing linguistic competences only on that grammar and reading only as Wang 2008 once stated “while curriculum developers and textbook writers emphasize the adoption of a communicative approach to teaching, classroom pedagogy has remained textbook-based, test-oriented and teacher-fronted ( cited in