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Grammar translationGrammar translationmethod (GTM)method (GTM)
Loubna OussaidLoubna OussaidCpr MarrakechCpr Marrakech
2010/20112010/2011
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Plan Plan • ntroduction• !istorical back"round• Ob#ecti$es• The characteristics o% the GTM
• nteraction• &tudents' / teachers' roles• &tudents' nati$e lan"ua"e• The emphasied skills o% lan"ua"e• Materials and techniues
• Conclusion*ad$anta"es and disad$anta"es o% GTM• +e%erences
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Introduction Introduction
,o-ada.s it is -ell kno-n that n"lish isthe most -idel. studied %orei"n lan"ua"e inall o$er the -orld i$e hundreds .ears a"oit -as Latin t -as the dominant lan"ua"eo% education commerce reli"ion and"o$ernment in the 3estern -orld 4ecause
o% some political chan"es in urope it -as"raduall. replaced b. other lan"ua"es
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HistoricalHistorical background bac
kground
n the ei"hteenth centur. the modern lan"ua"es enteredthe curriculum o% uropean schools The. -ere tau"ht inthe same -a. that -as used %or teachin" LatinTe5tbooks consisted o% statements o% abstract"rammar rules lists o% $ocabular. and sentences %ortranslation
&peakin" the %orei"n lan"ua"e -as not the "oal -hat-as important is the "rammatical s.stem o% a lan"ua"e
This approach to %orei"n lan"ua"e teachin" becamekno-n as the "rammar translation method t -as alsocalled the classical method since it -as %irst used inteachin" classical lan"ua"es mainl.* Latin and Greek
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Objectives O
bjectives • n GTM the ob#ecti$es o% stud.in" a %orei"nlan"ua"e are*
+ead its literature4ene%it %rom the intellectual de$elopment
and mental discipline&tud. "rammar rules to use them in
translationMaster the sentence structure
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The characteristics ofThe characteristics of
GTM GTM • The principle characteristics o% GTM are*
Learn a %orei"n lan"ua"e to read its literature
6pproach a lan"ua"e throu"h a detailed anal.siso% its "rammar rules
Learn the %orei"n lan"ua"e "rammar to be %amiliar-ith the nati$e lan"ua"e "rammar then to be
better in readin" and -ritin" it The emphasis is on readin" and -ritin"
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7ocabular. are tau"ht throu"h bilin"ual -ord list and
"rammar rules are presented and practiced The sentence is the basic unit o% teachin" andlan"ua"e practice
6ccurac. is emphasied to attain hi"h standards intranslation to be able to pass the %ormal -rittene5ams
Grammar is tau"ht deducti$el. b. presentin" astud.in" "rammar rules that are practiced throu"htranslation e5ercises
The nati$e lan"ua"e is the medium o% instruction o%the ne- items to enable comparison bet-een nati$elan"ua"e and tar"et lan"ua"e
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Interaction Interaction The dominant kind o% interaction is*
Teacher8students since the teacher all
the time asks uestions "i$esinstructions and "ets students'ans-ers -ithout an. discussion
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Teacher’s rolesTeacher’s roles• Teacher8centred class
• !e is the master
• Gi$es instructions• 6sks uestions
• Corrects mistakes
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Students’ rolesStudents’ roles• 9assi$e learners• +ecei$e thin"s
• Memorie• +ead and -rite and ask uestions %rom
time to time i% the. are allo-ed
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The use of students’The use of students’
native languagenative lan guage• The teacher e5plains and "i$es
instructions in students' s nati$e
lan"ua"e but it is not e%%ecti$ebecause there -ill happen aninter%erence o% structures o% both
lan"ua"es
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The emphasied skillsThe em phasied skills Grammar*
s tau"ht deducti$el. because "rammar
rules are hi"hli"hted and e5plained thenpracticed in some e5ercices The method stresses on %our skills or
lan"ua"e components mainl.*
+eadin" -ritin" "rammar and $ocabular.
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Materials andMaterials and
techni!uestechn i!ueso The onl. material that the teacher uses isthe te5t book
o The teacher uses some techniues and
acti$ities in teachin" as* 8 6skin" and ans-erin"8 Translation8 Memoriation
8 9racticin" "rammar rules throu"he5ercises
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"onclusion "onclusion
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#dvantages of GTM #dvanta ges of GTM • :se%ul %or academic learnin"
• ;e$elop readin" and -ritin" skills
• <no- the literature o% the tar"etlan"ua"e
• Masterin" sentence structure
• 3orks -ith lar"e classes
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$isadvantages of GTM $isadvanta ges of GTM • &tudents translate but do not produce
• Little conte5tualiation o% "rammar %or
real communication• rror correction
• ocus on accurac. not %luenc.
• ,e"lects the listenin" and speakin" skills
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%eferences%eferences• 6pproaches and Methods in Lan"ua"e
teachin" b. +ichards and +od"ers• Teachin" b. 9rinciples b. ;ou"las
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