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CLASSROOM PRACTICE

GRAMMAR – TRANSLATION METHOD


(A way of studying English)

“A method of foreign or second language


teaching which use translation and grammar
study as the main teaching and learning
activities.”
They focus on sentences structure,
grammar, vocabulary and direct translation
of native language into English.

Proposed by Professor Karl Plotz


(1819-1881)

Most learners are passive in accepting new


View of language language and have difficulty in using
learning language form.

Teacher give rule explicitly then the The grammar-translation method


rules are reinforced with examples and emphasized the importance of
exercises (Student will learn grammar memorization, drill, and practice in
structure.) order to reinforce language learning.

However, it has been criticized for


being too simplistic and
mechanistic, does not provide
cognitive learning.

View of language Language is for understand literature Translation is the way to learn language

Written language is superior to spoken Every language has their own structure.
language (Contain a lot more form in (Ex: Vietnamese, English,…)
order to write a sentence.)

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