History
Characteristics
Principles
Advantages/
Disadvantages
100
It was used in the 18th and 19th centuries.
When did Grammar Translation Method (GTM) first used?
100
A focus on learning the rules of grammar and their application in translation passages from one language into another.
What is the focus of GTM?
100
To be able to read literature written in the target language and translate into other language.
What is the goal of the teacher in GTM?
100
No. No motivation on the part of the students.
Are the students highly motivated in GTM?
200
It is called as Classical Method.
What is the name in the Western world for the Grammar Translation Method?
200
Vocabulary in the target language is learned through direct translation from the native language.
How does vocabulary words learned in GTM?
200
If a student's answer of a question is incorrect, the teacher selects a different student to give the correct answer or he/she replies himself or herself.
How does a teacher respond to student's error in GTM?
200
No. It does not cause linguistic problem since text books are taught through the medium of the mother tongue.
Does communication between the teacher and the learners cause linguistic problems in GTM?
300
It was originally used to teach "dead languages" (and literatures) such as Latin and Greek.
What is the use of Grammar Translation Method?
300
Meaning of the target language is presented through the translation into student's native language.
How is the meaning of words in the target language presented?
300
Classes are taught in the mother tongue with little active use of the target language.
How are classes taught in GTM?
300
Yes. Speech is neglected because it only emphasize on reading and writing.
Is speech is neglected in GTM?
400
First known as Prussian Method.
What is the first name of Grammar Translation Method in U.S.A.?
400
Reading and writing are the major focus in GTM.
What are the major focus or skills in GTM?
400
Listening, pronunciation, and speaking.
What are the skills not given attention in GTM?
400
No. Exact translation is not possible because language differ from community to community.
Is exact translation in GTM always possible?
500
Help students to read and appreciate foreign language literature gaining reading proficiency.
What is the main objective of GTM?
500
Grammar is taught with extensive explanation in the native language, and only later applied in the production of sentences through translation from one language to the other.
How is grammar taught in GTM?
500
Vocabulary is taught in the form of lists of isolated words.
How are vocabularies treated or taught in GTM?
500
No. Learners does not have much difficulty in understanding the lesson because it is carried out in the mother tongue.
IN GTM, do learners have much difficulty in understanding the lesson?