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Questions and Answers
What is the primary focus of the Grammar-Translation Method?
What is the primary focus of the Grammar-Translation Method?
- Language Immersion
- Reading and Writing
- Grammar and Translation (correct)
- Speaking and Listening
Why is the Translation Method useful in a class with a large number of students?
Why is the Translation Method useful in a class with a large number of students?
- It encourages active participation from all students
- It allows for individualized teaching according to each student's level (correct)
- It fosters a communicative approach to language learning
- It simplifies the process of teaching a foreign language
What is another name for the Grammar-Translation Method?
What is another name for the Grammar-Translation Method?
- The Direct Method
- The Classical Method (correct)
- The Communicative Method
- The Modern Method
What does the text suggest about finishing the syllabus using the Translation Method?
What does the text suggest about finishing the syllabus using the Translation Method?
What is a key advantage of the Translation Method according to the text?
What is a key advantage of the Translation Method according to the text?
What is a disadvantage of the Grammar-Translation Method?
What is a disadvantage of the Grammar-Translation Method?
What purpose does the Translation Method serve in making things easy for learners?
What purpose does the Translation Method serve in making things easy for learners?
What is a disadvantage of the Audiolingual Method?
What is a disadvantage of the Audiolingual Method?
What is an advantage of the Direct Method?
What is an advantage of the Direct Method?
What does the Direct Method focus on improving?
What does the Direct Method focus on improving?
Why might students from a rural background find difficulty with the Direct Method?
Why might students from a rural background find difficulty with the Direct Method?
What does the Grammar-Translation Method fail to help students learn?
What does the Grammar-Translation Method fail to help students learn?
What is a limitation of the Audiolingual Method?
What is a limitation of the Audiolingual Method?
What skill does the Grammar-Translation Method mainly emphasize?
What skill does the Grammar-Translation Method mainly emphasize?
What type of relation helps learners to have good fluency in the Direct Method?
What type of relation helps learners to have good fluency in the Direct Method?
What is a characteristic of speech units in the Direct Method?
What is a characteristic of speech units in the Direct Method?
Study Notes
Grammar-Translation Method
- Primary focus: translating sentences from native language to target language
- Useful in large classes as it allows teachers to manage students efficiently
- Also known as the Translation Method
- May lead to incomplete coverage of the syllabus due to the focus on translation
- Key advantage: develops learners' reading and writing skills
- Disadvantage: fails to develop learners' speaking skills
- Purpose: makes learning easier by allowing learners to use their native language as a reference
- Mainly emphasizes: reading and writing skills
Audiolingual Method
- Disadvantage: overemphasizes listening and speaking, leading to inadequate reading and writing skills
- Limitation: does not provide opportunities for learners to use language creatively
Direct Method
- Focus: improving learners' speaking skills
- May be challenging for rural students who are not familiar with the target language
- Advantage: allows learners to develop fluency and think in the target language
- Requires: a strong relationship between the teacher and learners to facilitate good fluency
- Characteristic of speech units: natural, spontaneous, and meaningful communication
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Description
Explore the Grammar Translation Method, also known as the Classical Method of teaching English, and learn about its advantages and disadvantages in teaching the English language. This short para provides insights into this widely used teaching approach.
