METHODOLOGY 1 – October 17,2006

Check your understanding about The Grammar-Translation Method

Student’s name:
……………………………………………………………………………………….
The Grammar-Translation Method focuses on: (check  the correct answers)
1.  reading and writing skills
2.  listening and speaking skills
3.  vocabulary
4.  pronunciation
5.  accuracy
6.  grammatical analysis
7.  content of texts
8.  application of grammatical knowledge into translating sentences and
texts
9.  memorization
10.  active use of the target language
11.  literature and fine arts
12.  teacher – student interaction
13.  student – student interaction

METHODOLOGY 1 – October 17,2006

Check your understanding about The Grammar-Translation Method
Student’s name:
……………………………………………………………………………………….
The Grammar-Translation Method focuses on: (check  the correct answers)
1.  reading and writing skills
2.  listening and speaking skills
3.  vocabulary
4.  pronunciation
5.  accuracy
6.  grammatical analysis
7.  content of texts
8.  application of grammatical knowledge into translating sentences and
texts
9.  memorization
10.  active use of the target language
11.  literature and fine arts
12.  teacher – student interaction
13.  student – student interaction
METHODOLOGY
February 28, 2007
THE GRAMMAR TRANSLATION METHOD

Exercise 1: Which of the following statements describes the Grammar

Translation Method’ s principles. Which don’t? Circle your
choice.
1.   An important goal for students is to be able to translate each
language into the other.
2.   Another goal for students is to be able to communicate.
3.   The content of learning is typically embedded in literature and fine art
of the target language country.
4.   The teacher is the authority in the classroom.
5.   The teacher decides whether students’ answer is correct or not and
gets them self-correct.
6.   There are two kinds of reading comprehension.
7.   Learning involves a lot of memorization of grammar rules, and native
language equivalents for foreign language words.
8.   There is little student initiation and little student – student interaction.
9.   There is much attention given to speaking and listening.
10.   The language that is used in class is mostly the students’ native
language.

METHODOLOGY
February 28, 2007
THE GRAMMAR TRANSLATION METHOD

Exercise 1: Which of the following statements describes the Grammar

Translation Method’ s principles. Which don’t? Circle your
choice.
1.   An important goal for students is to be able to translate each
language into the other.
2.   Another goal for students is to be able to communicate.
 3.   The content of learning is typically embedded in literature and fine art
of the target language country.
4.   The teacher is the authority in the classroom.
5.   The teacher decides whether students’ answer is correct or not and
gets them self-correct.
6.   There are two kinds of reading comprehension.
7.   Learning involves a lot of memorization of grammar rules, and native
language equivalents for foreign language words.
8.   There is little student initiation an little student – student interaction.
9.   There is much attention given to speaking and listening.
10.   The language that is used in class is mostly the students’ native
language.

Exercise 2: Which of the following techniques follows the Grammar

Translation Method’s principles? Which don’t? Circle your
choice.
1.   The whole class read the given passage out loud after the teacher. The
teacher corrects their pronunciation carefully.
2.   First the students are asked to work on a short passage. The teacher
then gives students a set of isolated adjectives and asks them to find
their synonyms from the passage.
3.   The teacher explains carefully how to form the third singular person of
the simple present tense. Then he provide students with a list of
infinitive verbs and asks them to transform these verbs into third
singular person.
4.   The teacher gets students to write answers to some reading
comprehension in their notebooks. Then he asks them to compare the
answers with one another.
5.   The teacher asks students to write a composition about the system of
transportation in their hometown. They can use a bilingual dictionary
for words they don’t know.
 6.   The students are given a reading passage and required to underline its
main ideas.
7.   After having students learn by heart a set of vocabulary that describe
a house, the teachers asks them to make up sentences in which they
use the new words.

Exercise 2: Which of the following techniques follows the Grammar

Translation Method’s principles? Which don’t? Circle your
choice.
1.   The whole class read the given passage out loud after the teacher. The
teacher corrects their pronunciation carefully.
2.   First the students are asked to work on a short passage. The teacher
then gives students a set of isolated adjectives and asks them to find
their synonyms from the passage.
3.   The teacher explains carefully how to form the third singular person of
the simple present tense. Then he provide students with a list of
infinitive verbs and asks them to transform these verbs into third
singular person.
4.   The teacher gets students to write answers to some reading
comprehension in their notebooks. Then he asks them to compare the
answers with one another.
5.   The teacher asks students to write a composition about the system of
transportation in their hometown. They can use a bilingual dictionary
for words they don’t know.
6.   The students are given a reading passage and required to underline its
main ideas.
7.   After having students learn by heart a set of vocabulary that describe
a house, the teachers asks them to make up sentences in which they
use the new words.