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
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GRAMMAR TRANSLATION METHOD History The Grammar Translation Method is an old method which was originally used to teach dead languages which explains why it focuses mainly on the written form at the expense of the oral form. It was designed according to the faculty psychology approach which was very popular during the 18th and 19th century. It contended that ” mental discipline was essential for strengthening the powers of the mind”. The way to do this was through learning classical literature
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The Grammar - Translation Method[1] Introduction As the names of some of its leading exponents suggest (Johann Seidenstucker‚ Karl Plotz‚ H. S. Ollendorf‚ and Johann Meidinger)‚ Grammar translation was the offspring of German scholarship[2]‚ the object of which according to one of its less charitable critics‚ was "to know everything about something rather than the thing itself" (W. H. D. llouse‚ quoted In Kelly 1969: 53). Grammar Translation was in fact first known in the United States
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GRAMMAR TRANSLATION METHOD Mostly known as ‘The Classical Method’‚ Grammar Translation Method is not based on the fact that of communication‚ but teaching. C. Orrieux refers that GTM is for Latin and Ancient Greek are known as “dead languages”. He adds that “it is for the kinds of grammar training that led to the “mental dexterity” considered so important in any higher education study stream.” The aim of teaching these languages is not make the learners speak communicatively. However‚ its fundamental
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An article discussing the grammar-translation approach to language learning. At the height of the Communicative Approach to language learning in the 1980s and early 1990s it became fashionable in some quarters to deride so-called "old-fashioned" methods and‚ in particular‚ something broadly labelled "Grammar Translation". There were numerous reasons for this but principally it was felt that translation itself was an academic exercise rather than one which would actually help learners to use language
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VIDEO 4: ADJECTIVES Exercise 1. Match to form noun phrases. (Ghép các tính từ và danh từ tương ứng ở 2 cột sau để tạo ra các cụm danh từ đúng) 1. homeless 2. careless 3. comfortable 4. famous 5. industrial 6. useful 7. enjoyable 8. cloudy 9. wild 10. developing | a. mistake b. country c. animal d. family e. chair f. party g. actor h. advice i. morning j. zone | KEY: 1d‚ 2a‚ 3e‚ 4g‚ 5j‚ 6h‚ 7f‚ 8i‚ 9c‚ 10b. Exercise 2: Rewrite the sentences below
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Fromkin (2011)‚ grammar translation is a technique or method of second-language learning in which the student memorizes words and syntactic rules and translates them between the native language and target language. In other words‚ grammar translation method is a foreign language teaching that requires students to translate words and memorize. The goal is to make sure that the student able to read and translate the target language. Grammar translation method is a traditional method and was originally
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There are multiple methods of English language teaching. Ever since the invention of what some may argue to be the pioneering method in the field‚ the Grammar Translation Method (GTM)‚ various other methods have been devised‚ in order to try and overcome the limitations of their predecessors. It is well known that each method has its strengths and limitations. The degree to which the strengths catalyse‚ and the limitations impeding the learning process of the student‚ depends mostly on the student
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THE DIRECT METHOD Nowadays there are many options to learn a language; some schools have the best methods for reaching that goal but only some of them truly apply them. The possibility to learn a language involves some factors that are pointed directly to teachers. For this reason‚ different methods have been appearing through time. As it is mentioned in previous essays‚ the methods have changed for different reasons; one of them is because of the need to improve the complete skills of the student
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The Direct Method Introduction The method that will be analyzed in this paper is one which allows the students to be taught through the creativity of the teacher. Instead of relaying only in detailed grammar explanations‚ the direct method is characterized by resourceful aids which permit to develop a dynamic set of explanations for the students to have a better understanding. Taking into consideration that the reader has a full knowledge about this method‚ I will expose my opinion about its usage
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