Grammar Translation Method - Meaning, Merits, Demerits & Techniques
Grammar Translation Method - Meaning, Merits, Demerits & Techniques
Characteristics of GTM:-
It helps to learn a foreign language and its correct sentence
structure.
questions in between.
!rst.
hurdle.
students are well versed in their mother tongue and they need
time to think to Translate.
Techniques of GTM
1. Filling the blanks
:
The teacher gives the exercises of some sentences or passages
where some blanks will be there and students are asked to !ll that
missing words as per their own knowledge of translation or
These blanks can be out of the literary texts or the chapter which
3. Topic composition
In this technique, students are asked to write any passage on the
5. Comprehension questions
This technique is generally used in teaching any foreign language.
In this, an unseen passage will be given to the students out of
which they will be asked some questions and they are expected to
answer that questions in their native language or the foreign
The main purpose of this technique is to !nd out that whether the
6. Word meanings
:
The grammar translation method can never be complete without
words in order to translate them if they are found out in the lines
7. Inference building
This is again, one of the common and widely used practice by the
students out of their books. They will be asked to write the central
In this way, they will be able to translate the passage and they can
8. Summary writing
Similar to the previous point, a chapter will be discussed among
Just like writing a central idea, the summary is much more than
Criticisms
GTM is not away from criticisms too. Many authors and literary
method just facilitates reading and writing skills but does not
It also makes the students dull and boring as they get habitual of
know how to write and take time for it. That’s why, I hear many of
Conclusion
:
GTM is nothing but a method of teaching any foreign language in
its simplest way. It is one of the oldest methods used since ages
method.
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