GRAMMAR TRANSLATION

METHOD
GROUP 1
 Lê Thị Quỳnh Nga
 Phan Thị Hồ ng Minh
 Nguyễn Thị Phương Dung
 WARM UP !!!
ARE YOU A MASTER OF GRAMMAR?

• There are 10 questions about grammar.

• For each question you will have 10 seconds to read
and choose the correct answer.
• After that, you will have 3 minutes to write the
answers on the chat box.
Are you ready?
1. Choose the word whose underlined part differs from
the other three in pronunciation in the following
question:
A. Delayed
B. Beloved
C. Learned
D. One-legged
2. Choose the word whose underlined part differs from
the other three in pronunciation in the following
question:
A. Months
B. Paths
C. Baths
D. Mouths
3. Choose the correct answer:

I’m ............. complete loss to understand why you reacted

so violently.
A. At
B. In
C. On
D. By
4. Choose the correct answer:

Behind the tree ............. .

A. She stood
B. Stood she
C. Does she come
D. Stands she
5. Choose the correct answer:

This new instrument is ............. us a lot of trouble.

A. Working
B. Giving
C. Making
D. Producing
6. Choose the correct answer:

In today’s society, skilled computer technicians are ............. .

A. Highly demanding
B. In high demand
C. Demanded highly
D. High on demand
7. Choose the correct answer:

The band was so good that they soon had everyone ..............
in the aisles.
A. To dance
B. Dance
C. Was dancing
D. Dancing
8. Choose the underlined part that needs
correction in the following sentence:

A fully grown male mountain lion

A B

may be eight long feet.

C D
9. Choose the correct answer:

It was not good to walk outside in .............. .

A. Such a fearful cold

B. Such fear coldness
C. Such fearful cold
D. So fearful a cold
10. Choose the word CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word in the following question:

The service station at Shield Bridge has a good range

of groceries.
A. Coach station
B. Railway station
C. Petrol station
D. Power station
Answer Key
1. A 6. B
2. A 7. D
3. A 8. D
4. A 9. C
5. B 10. C
 What is GTM ?
G: GRAMMAR
T: TRANSLATION
M: METHOD
 FULL DEFINITION
GTM focuses on the literature
and grammar of the target
language, with passages being
translated into and from the
mother tongue.
 HISTORY
Originated from the practice of teaching
Latin in the early 1500s

Throughout Europe in the 18th and the 19th

centuries
 Language Focus

-Focusing on accuracy (fluency)

-Being able to translate (communicate)

-Improving reading and writing skills

- Literary language > Spoken language

 Grammar is easily taught
Comprehension is
easily tested

ADVANTAGES
It is an easy method
It helps in building
vocabulary
It saves teacher’s labor
 Exact translation is not possible

Ignore habit formation

An unnatural method

DISADVANTAGES

Neglecting speech
Student a passive listener
TEACHER’S GOAL:
After my
lectures
students
will ....
 Have enough
vocabulary
E.g:
1 day = 5 words
10 days = 50 words
100 days = 500 words
 Understand
grammar structures
Apply to
Functions practice

Usages Writing skill

in the future
 Help student develop reading
skill to a level where they can
Understand
target language
Read
 Help student improve
mental discipline

Reading
comprehension
questions
Learn vocabulary Translate
target
language
Teacher’s response to student’s answer

Teacher will check the answer

+Correct: go on to the next
+Incorrect: select another
student OR her/himself gives
the right one
THE ROLES OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
 Teacher's roles
Initiator of
interaction in the
language classroom

Asks and gives

instructions to Use the mother
Authority tongue to teach the
students to state in the
the grammar foreign language to
classroom learners
rule
 Student's roles
Memorize
grammar rules

Translate
literary text
Memorize form target
Passive receivers of
vocabulary lists language to his
the new information
or her native
language
SOME CHARACTERISTICS
of teaching-learning process
Translate from one
language to another
Study about
culture
and
literature
of target
language
community Let’s go 6
 Deductive study of grammar
followed by practice of rules

rules
first
 Grammatical paradigms memorization
such as...
Conjugations
Word form
 Memorization of vocabulary lists

SGK Tiếng Anh lớ p 9 Let’s go 6

 Through dialogues...

New vocabulary and structural

patterns are presented

Learning through
imitation and repetition

Drills conducted based upon the

patterns present
Let’s go 6
THE TECHNIQUES
 1) Translation of a Literary Passage

- Read a literary passage

- Translate
- Translation may be written
or spoken
 2) Reading Comprehension Questions
-Answer these questions in the
target language
The answer may be

Contained in the text

Inferred
Related to experience
 3) Antonyms / synonyms
Finding antonyms/synonyms in the reading passage

Defining a set of words

 4) Cognates
Learning spelling/sound patterns
that correspond between the native
language and the target language
5) Deductive Application of Rule
- Grammar rules are important
- Grammar rules are presented with examples
- Apply the rules on examples given
 6) Fill-in-the-blanks
- There are sentences with missung words
- Fill in the blanks with the new vocabulary
a particular grammar type
 7) Memorization
Have to memorize new words, grammatical
rules, and verb conjugation
8) Use Words in Sentences
Have to make sentences with the new words
 9) Composition
- Write a composition in the target language
- The topic is based on some aspect of the reading passage
 END GAME !!!

• There are 5 questions about GTM and content in video

• For each question you will have 10 seconds to read and
choose the correct answer
• After that, you will have 3 minutes to write the
answers on the chat box.
Are you ready?
1. With GTM students will develop ?

A. speaking, listening
B. reading, writing
C. listening, reading
2. It orginated from the practice of teaching…
A. English
B. Latin
C. Spanish
3. Vocabulary is often taught in …
A. Phrases
B. Isolated words
C. Sentences
4. Less time is spent on …. practice
A. Translate
B. Oral
C. A & B
5. How many techniques are there in GTM ?
A. 8

B. 7
C. 9
Answer Key:
1. B
2. B
3. B
4. B
5. C
This is the first time I have made a video so there was still
some mistake:
1. In the way of using word in Vietnamese
2. In the grammar part, it was Present continous-not Present
simple tense
3. Be (am/is/are) + V_ing means ‘’ đang’’
Be (am/is/are) means ‘’ thì, là , ở ‘’
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