GRAMMAR –

TRANSLATION
METHOD

Đặng Thị Nguyên (Ph.D candidate)

Vinh University
 Module Objectives

By the end of the week, you will be able to:

Justify the relevance of the GTM for a certain
context (CLO G1.2)
Apply the GTM principles in teaching English
(CLO G1.3)
Design activities for a GTM based lesson by
working in groups (CLO G4.2)
What we have
learned: What we will learn:
1. Introduction to Techniques in GTM
GTM Designing activities for
2. Principles of GTM GTM lessons
 Which technique is this?

Students fill in the blanks with a new

word or grammar item they’ve
learned.

Fill-in-the-
blanks
 Which technique is this?

Students learn by heart lists of

vocabulary or grammar rules.

Memorization
 Which technique is this?

Teacher gives the rule and examples for

a grammar item. Students learn the
rule, then apply it in other examples.

Deductive
application of
rule
 Which technique is this?

Students translate a reading passage

from the target language to their
native language.

Translation
 Which technique is this?
Students learn the spelling or sound
patterns that correspond between the
target language and their native
language.

Cognates
 Which technique is this?

Students write sentences to use the

new words and grammar items they
have learned.

Use words in
sentences
 Which technique is this?

Students read texts and answer

questions in the target language.

Reading
comprehension
questions
 Which technique is this?

Students find words in a passage that

have similar or opposite meanings to
the words given by the teacher.

Synonyms/Anton
yms
 Which technique is this?

Students write about a topic given by the

teacher. The topic is usually related to
the reading passage they have read.

Composition
What is your favorite GTM technique, as a
learner?
Do you think GTM is still being used
nowadays?
Will you use GTM in your future teaching?
 Homework

1. Read Pages 35-42 (Audiolingual Method)

‘Techniques and Principles in Language
Teaching’. Make a list of activities the teacher
and the learners did in the two lessons.
2. Read Pages 44-50
‘Approaches and Methods in English Language
Teaching’.