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GRAMMAR TRANSLATION METHOD - Coggle Diagram
GRAMMAR TRANSLATION METHOD
An old method that was originally used to teach dead languages which explains why it focuses mainly on the written form at the expense of the oral form.
The target grammar should be described in the student’s native language.
How is the Grammar Translation Method implemented in the classroom?
Using of mother tongue to teach the target language
Grammar is taught deductively.
Memorizing vocabulary items that are taught in the form of word lists.
Memorizing grammar rules.
Elaborate explicit teaching of grammar.
Focusing on morphology and syntax.
Focusing on reading and writing.
Reading of difficult texts early in the course.
Examples of activities
Ask your students to memorize a rule and apply it to their own sentences.
Ask your students to pick five vocabulary words they like from a text and then translate them into their mother tongue.
Ask students to use google translate or any other translation application to translate texts and see to what extent the translation was good, making the necessary changes to improve it.
Disadvantages
The translation of sentences or texts can be sometimes misleading.
Students lacked an active role in the classroom.
Language learning does not consist of only memorizing a set of rules and manipulating the syntax and morphology of the target language.
Advantages
Translation is the easiest and shortest way of explaining the meaning of words and phrases.
Learners have no difficulties understanding the lesson as it is carried out in the mother tongue.