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ENGLISH DIDACTICS
LANGUAGE TEACHING METHODS

NAME: Sebastián Rodríguez Moncada

GRAMMAR TRASLATION METHOD

Background:
This method was originated in early 20th century according to the study of
ancient and dead languages such as Latin and Greek.

GOAL TEACHER ROLE LEARNER ROLE TECHNIQUES

This method was The teacher role mainly The learner role is The most common
stablished to enrich the consists of giving all the totally passive; he/she is technique of this
acknowledgement and rules and grammatical limited to follow the method is the “fill the
comprehension of structures for the teacher’s instructions. blank” exercise, since
classic texts and thus, to students to apprehend Since this method aims those spaces to fill are
enrich the well them and therefore, to comprehend and only one correct
language performance expand their output produce written texts in answer, that means, the
level in skills just as through the application the foreign language, word that once was
reading and writing. of these. the student must fit in apprehended, learnt,
the material (mainly and practiced, wiping
Besides, it aims to a However, it’s important literature) the teacher out any other possible
deductive approach in to remark that this provides so they could answer providing by
grammar methodology, methodology stills being be part of the teaching the children. This
that means, the teacher a traditional one, that methodology and learn exercise is practical and
explains the rule in means, the teacher is something about it. functional to check
order to create and the center of the grammar. However, it’s
stimulates the student’s learning process and very limited in
output. thus, the student must functional and real
do and behave as the situations.
teacher says so they can
reach the same learning
the teacher has.