understand the target language; to help develop the students’ mind; to gain a better understanding of the first
language.
Main features
Grammar is the core of language, and language materials are arranged according to the grammar system.
1. The mind of human being has various faculties that can be trained separately.
2. Understanding and memorization of complicated grammatical rules of language help to develop mentality.
The Grammar-Translation Method is a method of foreign or second language teaching derived from the classical method of teaching Greek and Latin which uses translation and grammar study as the main teaching and learning activities.
By the 19th century, this approach based on the study of Latin had become the standard way of studying foreign languages in schools.
According to Jack C. Richards and Theodore S. Rodgers in their book Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching, Grammar translation method is a method for which there is no theory.
Grammar is taught deductively. The major practice is translation from and into
the target language. The teaching focus is reading and writing. First language is the main medium of instruction. The sentence is the basic unit of language
Translation Method
Grammar Translation
Method
Lexicon Translation
Method
Translation Comparison
Method
Modern Translation Method
What is Grammar Translation Method?
Approaches and Methods in Lanmar translation method
Ollendorff’s method / Jacotot’s method
Traditional method
Classical method / Old method
Background
In Middle Ages, Latin was the dominant language of education, commerce, religion, and government in the Western world. In the 16th century, however, French, Italian, and English gained in importance as a result of political changes in Europe, and Latin gradually became displaced as a language of spoken and written communication.
As “modern” languages began to enter the curriculum of European schools in the 18th century, they were taught using the same basic procedures that were used for teaching Latin.
The study of classical Latin and an analysis of its grammar and rhetoric became the model for foreign language study from the 17th century to the 19th century.
Do you agree?
1. All languages originate from one language and are ruled by a common grammar.
2. The written form of the language is superior to the spoken form.
4. The language was a body of knowledge to be learned, with an emphasis on intellectual rigor.
Objectives
to read and translate its literature(the ultimate purpose );