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The Grammar Translation

Method

Background of Grammar

Translation Method

The grammatical-translation method of foreign language teaching is one of the most traditional methods, dating back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The GTM was widely used in the USA in 1890’s. It was also called the Classical Method since it was first used in the teaching of classical languages, Latin and Greek.

Principles of Grammar

Translation Method

A fundamental purpose of teaching the target language through the GTM is to be able to read literature written in the target language.

Principally, the GTM focuses on translating grammatical forms, memorizing vocabulary, learning rules and studying conjugations.

There were a number of attempts to improve the teaching of languages.

One attempt was suggested by Meidenger (1783), who advocated translation into the target language through the application of rules of grammar.

Karl Plotz (1819-1881) also improve the teaching method; his method was divided into two parts: (1) rules and paradigms, and (2) sentence for translation into and out of the target language.

Lesson Planning of Grammar Translation Method

The techniques of GTM

Translation of a literary passage

Focus: Grammatical & Vocabulary

Simple Present Tense

•Formula: Subject (noun)+ Predicate (V1)+ Object (noun).

English Indonesian

English Indonesian

Love Mencintai Sleep TidurWatch Menonton Smile Tersenyu

mStudy Belajar Laugh TertawaHate Membenc

iCry Menangis

Drink Minum Walk BerjalanEat Makan Sit down DudukLike Suka Stand up Berdiri

Kata kerja transitif

Kata kerja intransitif

EXERCISES FOR STUDENTS

Terjemahkan kalimat di

bawah ini ke dalam Bahasa

Inggris! Dia tertawa

dan kamu

menangis.

Kamu suka

makan keju tetapi saya suka

makan cokelat.

Kita duduk tetapi

mereka berdiri.

Saya suka

Bahasa Inggris.

Stan Rosen lived in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He stole cars and bicycles from people. One day, the police saw him and sent him to jail. The next year, Stan was out of jail. He told some people his name was Jim Rosen He got money from them for a business. Then he ran away with the money. The police got him again and sent him to jail. The year after that, Stan was home again. One night, he stole some money from a store, and again, the police got him. But this time, they sent him to Judge Kane.

Please translate this paragraph into Indonesian!

1. Make over

2. Take out

3. Think about

4. Shut down

5. Bring along

1. Change

2. Entertain

3. Memorizing

4. Close

5. Invite

Give examples of these phrasal verbs follow and

translate!

Phrasal verbs

Synonym

CONCLUSIONS

1. Translation of a literary passage2. Reading comprehension

questions3. Antonyms/synonyms4. Cognates5. Deductive application of rule6. Fill-in-the-blanks7. Memorization8. Use words in sentences9. Composition.

Follows are some techniques that used in the grammar translation method:

References

Larsen, Diane-freeman. 2000. Techniques and

Principles in Language

Teaching: China: Oxford University.

Setiyadi, Bambang

. 2006. Teaching English as a Foreign Language

: Yogyakarta: Graha

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