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Grammar Translation Method
What is about?
Is a method of learning any foreign language by the practice of translating or converting the sentences of the native language into the target language or vice versa.
Characteristics:
It helps to learn a foreign language and its correct sentence structure.
Allows the students to be able to read and write a new language.
To enable students to use interchangeable words and phrases.
They get to learn new vocabulary and new words.
It does not enable students’ skills in listening and speaking of foreign language.
Why to use this method?
It is especially helpful in teaching students how to write and read in another language, allowing them to explore interchangeable words and phrases (i.e., different words for different tenses) more effectively than a verbal teaching method.
How is the procedure?
In the first step, a paragraph is read by a teacher, and some difficult words are marked out of it.
Secondly, these marked words are converted into the native language of students.
Then, a paragraph is read once again and is translated by a teacher, line by line.
Then all the grammatical items are taught about to students.
Students can also be asked to convert the passage of their native language into a foreign language to make it more clear to them.
Techniques:
Filling the blanks
2) Use words in sentences
3) Topic composition
4) Passage translation
5) Comprehension questions
Criticisms
Many authors and literary heads have censured this approach as they believed that, this method just facilitates reading and writing skills but does not focus on speaking and listening skills.
It also makes the students dull and boring as they get habitual of translating each line word by word and do not get quick in translation. This method also takes much time to translate.
Moreover, despite learning the vocabulary of a new language, they will not be much able to communicate with others as they only know how to write and take time for it.