The grammar translation method focuses on teaching grammar rules and translation between the target language and native language. Students memorize vocabulary, verb forms, and grammar rules. The teacher's role is to explain grammar, translate texts, and correct mistakes while students practice translating and studying under the teacher's guidance with little interaction between students. This method emphasizes reading, writing, and the development of mental discipline through the study of grammar and translation but provides little speaking practice.

1. Presented By :
•Nur Rohmah D. A
•Heny P

2. What is Grammar Translation Method?
 Classical Method
- first used in teaching Latin and Greek
- read and appreciate foreign literature
 The study of the grammar

3. Objectives
 Memorizing verb forms, grammar rules,
and vocabulary.
 Ability to read the text (literature).
 Translating from one language to another.
 To develop reading and writing skills.

4. Advantages
 Translation is the easiest way of explaining
meanings or words and phrases from one
language into another.
 Students are more familiar with both languages
(the target language and the natve langage) by
using translation.
 Teachers can ask and also discuss about some
topics by the mother tongue

5. Disadvantages
 GTM lays emphasis on reading and writing only. It
neglects speech.
 Exact translation from one language to another is not
always possible.
• It seemed there was no need for students to master the
four skills of English (listening, speaking, reading, and
writing)
• Worst effect of this method is on pupil's motivation.
Because (s)he cannot succeed - leads to frustration,
boredom and indiscipline

6. Principles
 The goals of teachers who use the grammar-
translation method
 The role of the teacher
 The role of the learners
 Some characteristics of the teaching/learning process
 The nature of student-teacher interaction and student-
student interaction
 Emphasized areas of language and language skills
 Teacher respond to student errors

7. Conclusion
 Students will learn grammar by using translation
from the target language to the first language
with teacher´s help and using long text, frases
and then translate to the known language.

9. The goals of teachers who use
the GTM
 To be able to read literature
 To translate from one language to another
 To develop students’ minds
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10. Teacher’s Role
 Traditional instructor.
 The authority in the classroom.
 What does the teacher do?
- explain
- translate
- conduct practices
- correct mistakes
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11. Learner’s Role
 Do as the teacher says.
 Learners interact with the teacher, not with each
other.
 What does the student do?
- translate
- study words and rules
- memorize
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12. Some characteristics of the
teaching/learning process
 use the students’ native language
 Translate from one language to another
 Students study grammar deductively
 Students memorize vocabulary and grammar rules
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13. The nature of student-teacher interaction and
student-student interaction
 Most of the interaction in the classroom is from the
teacher to the students.
 Little student-student interaction
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14. Emphasized areas of language and
language skills
 Areas of language which are developed are Vocabulary
and grammar
 Language skills which are emphasized are Reading and
writing
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15. Teacher respond to student errors
 If a student’s answer of a question is incorrect, the
teacher selects a different student to give the correct
answer or s/he replies himself/herself
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