The grammar translation method is derived from teaching classical languages like Greek and Latin. It requires students to translate whole texts word by word between their native language and the target language. There is much emphasis on memorizing grammatical rules, vocabulary lists, and exceptions. Classroom interaction primarily involves the teacher instructing students through questions and translation exercises, with less focus on speaking and listening practice in the target language.

2. The method requires
students to translate whole
It was called
texts word by word and
Classical Method
The grammar translation memorize numerous
since it was first
method is a foreign grammatical rules and
used in the teaching
language teaching method exceptions as well as
of the classical
derived from the classical enormous vocabulary lists
languages.
method of teaching Greek
and Latin.

3. 1. The teacher ´s
role is to be the
authority in the
classroom. The
2. Most of the student´s role is
interaction in to do what the
the classroom is teacher says.
from the
teacher to the
students.
3. Literary language is
considered superior to
spoken language and is
therefore the language
students study.

4. 4. There is 5. The language
much less that is used in
attention given class is mostly the
to speaking and students´ native
listening. language.
6. Written tests in
which students
have to translate 7. If students
from their native make errors or
language to the don`t know an
target language or answer, the
vice versa. teacher supplies
them with the
correct answer.

6. EXPERIENCE
“The Boy´s Ambition”
Each student is called on to read a few lines from the passage.
After they have finished reading, they are asked to translate
into Spanish the few lines they have just read. The teacher
helps him with new vocabulary items. When the students have
finished reading and translating the passage, the teacher asks
them in Spanish if they have any questions. They asked about
the meaning of some words and the teacher translate into
Spanish.
In the next activity students have to answer some
comprehension questions, after some minutes students read
the question and answers in the next activity the teacher gives
the students some words from the passage and the students
have to give the Spanish meaning, in the last activity the
teacher gives two-word verbs that the students haven´t
learned yet and are in the passage, the students have to
translate into Spanish, then they are given the rule for use of a
direct object with two-word verbs.

7. GRAMMAR TRANSLATION METHODS
GOALS
• Be able to read literature written in the target
language.
• Teach grammar rules and vocabulary of the target
language.

8. CHARACTERISTICS

9. TECHNIQUES
• Translate of a Literary Passage: From the target language into their
native language.
• Reading Comprehension Questions: Students answer questions in the
target language based on their understanding of the reading passage.
• Antonyms/synonyms: Students are given one set of words and are asked
to find antonyms in the reading passage as well as synonyms for a particular
set of words.
• Cognates: Students are taught to recognize cognates by learning the
spelling or sound patters that correspond between the languages.
• Deductive Application of Rule: Grammar rules are presented with
examples.
• Fill-in-the-blanks: Students are given a series of sentences with words
missing.
• Memorization: Students are given lists of target language vocabulary
words and their native language equivalents and are asked to memorize
them.
• Use Words in Sentences: Students make new sentences in which they
use the new words.
• Composition: The teacher gives the students a topic to write about it in the
target language. Sometimes, instead of creating a composition, students are
asked to prepare a presentation of the reading passage.