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Grammar-translation method - Coggle Diagram
Grammar-translation method
Characteristics of GTM:
Disadvantages:
1) The students are not offered to produce their own sentences in the classroom
2) Oral interaction is avoided
3) Mainly a teacher-centred method
The main purpose is to learn a language in order to read its literature to benefit from mental discipline.
Reading and writing skills are more focused than listening and speaking
Teachers teach in the mother tongue
It focuses on the accuracy of grammar and translation.
Elements of GTM: textbooks, vocabulary lists, grammar rules, and classical literature
GTM takes vocabulary from reading texts the teachers teach through translation, memorisation and dictionary study.
Teachers teach in the mother tongue
Advantages:
1) The teachers need a few specialized skills
2) The leaners have to memorize a lot of vocabularies
3) GTM helps students to improve the reading and writing proficiency
Advantages:
1) The teachers need a few specialized skills
2) The leaners have to memorize a lot of vocabularies
3) GTM helps students to improve the reading and writing proficiency
It originated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Drilling exercises