Adapted from Richards and Rodgers (2001) and Gültekin Boran, http://w3.gazi.edu.tr/web/gboran/eltmethodstogether.doc
T: teacher, S: Student; SS: students
Grammar Translation Method and Direct Method
|METHOD |Grammar Translation Method |Direct Method |
|Proponents/Advocates |Teachers of classical languages (Classical method) |Born as a reaction to GTM, which cannot prepare learners for real oral |
| | |communication |
|Theory of learning |Deductive learning: rules first, then examples and exercises |Classroom instruction is conducted exclusively in the target language. |
| | |Inductive learning is essential. |
| | |direct relation between form and meaning. |
| | |L2 learning is similar to L1 acquisition. |
| | |Direct exposure to the target language. |
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