2. Grammar Translation Method
• Other name
• Oldest Method
• Classical Method
• Traditional Method
• Popular Method
Main Focus – Reading writing
Medium of Instruction – Mother Tongue
Basic or teaching units- words
1Teacher reads every sentence and translate every sentence into mother tongue
2 Grammar is taught through rules – deductive method is used
Merits
1 clarity less chance of confusion.
2 It enhances vocabulary.
3 correct knowledge of grammar is given.
Demerits
1 Listening and speaking skills are ignored.
2Main focus remain on mother tongue.
3No oral work takes place in the class by the students. So students are passive learners.
3. It is also known as
Aural- oral Approach/
Aural- Linguistic Approach
1 Mastery of structure is more important than Vocabulary.
2 Structure are selected graded properly before teaching
Structure
Different arrangement or pattern of words.
1Should not confused 2 Should be meaningful.
with sentences
Principle of Selection
1 usefulness
2 Simplicity NO need of grammatical rule
3Teachability
4Area of difference
Merits
Students acquire habit of speaking because it focus on speech.
Learning becomes permanent because it focus on oral drills
Demerits
More suitable for lower class. Knowledge of grammar cannot be obtained .
It required well trained teachers.
STRUCTURAL APPROACH
4. SITUATIONAL APPROACH
• In Situational Approach teacher creates a meaningful situation in order to use a
structure.
• Example- Suppose teacher wants “to teach a structure on the table”
• For this he can create situation by putting different items on the table.
• Example- Book is on the table
• While doing so he required to speak “ the book is on the table.”
• Then in place of book he can change the items until the meaning of structure is fully grasped by class
• Types of Situation
• Real situation
• Artificial Situation
• Merits
• It follows Principle of interests
• It emphasis learning by play
• Demerits
• Suitable for lower classes
• It is no possible to teach prose, poetry, composition by
this approach.
