Method: use the mother tongue
vocabulary items
elaborate ... of grammar
focus on the morphology and syntax
exercises translating senyences or text from mothe tongue
with this method millions of people have successfully learnt foreign languages to a hight¿ degree of proficiency and un numerous without any contact what saver with native speakers of the language
the grammar translation method embraces a wide range of appredes but, basically speaking foreogn language study is seen as a mental disioline the goal is rea literature in its signal from r a form on the intelectual
Reviwing the techniques
Translation of a literary passage
Nota:
Students should not translate idioms the like literally
Reading comprenhension
questions
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Questions about the contained of the passage students will be able to undestand about passage
Antonyms (synonyms)
Nota:
Students found synonyms for a particular set of words
Cognates
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Recognize cognates by learning the spealling or sound patterns that correspond between the languages
Deductive applications of rule
Nota:
Once students undertand a rule, they are asked to apply
Fill in the blanks
Nota:
students are given a series of sentences with words missing
Memorization
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vocabulary words and their native language equivalents
use words in sentences
Nota:
make sentences using new words
Composition
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Creating a composition about passage
At one time it was called classical method since it was
first used in the teaching of the classical language, latin
and greek
Reviewing the principles
What are the goals of the teachers who
use the grammar - Translation-Method
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Learn about the grammar rules and vocabulary of the target language
What is the role of the teacher?
what is the role of students?
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Teacher is the autority in the classroom
students do as he says
what are the same
characteristics or the
teaching/learning process
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Learning aspect or the culture of the foreign language comunity
students study grammar deduct vely
memorize grammar
they are asked to apply
Students would become more
familiar with the grammar or
the native language
To undestand better
By observing a class where the
teacher is using it
Nota:
The class is high intermediate level English
University in colombia
42 students in the class
2 hour classes
3 times a week
Experience
Reading a passage in their texbook. The
titled of the passage "the boys ambition"
from Mark Twains life in mississipi.
Students ask phrases or words that they
don´t understand and teacher translate
the word or phrases in the moment
Teacher resolve the
doubts about parts in the
reading
Teacher gives instruction for the
next activities
When students finish with execise
the teacher reminds them that
English words that look like spanish
words are called "cognates"
In a class students made a
translation of the reading passage
into spanish using phrasal verbs
Nota:
Students´s study of the foreign culture is limited to its literature sand fine arts
Students will be able to translate to each other language