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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

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

Simple Present Tense

They study English

We breakfast every morning

Example:

I like bread

It climbs tree

He eats rice

She watches TV

If the subject is she, he or it, the verb is added with s, es, or ies.

English Indonesian English Indonesian

Love Mencintai Sleep Tidur

Watch Menonton Smile Tersenyum

Study Belajar Laugh Tertawa

Hate Membenci Cry Menangis

Drink Minum Walk Berjalan

Eat Makan Sit down Duduk

Like Suka Stand up Berdiri

Kata kerja transitif Kata kerja intransitif

EXERCISES FOR STUDENTS

Terjemahkan kalimatdi bawah ini kedalam Bahasa

Inggris!

Dia tertawa dankamu menangis.

Kamu suka makankeju tetapi saya

suka makancokelat.

Kita duduktetapi mereka

berdiri.

Saya sukaBahasa 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 passage

2. Reading comprehension questions

3. Antonyms/synonyms

4. Cognates

5. Deductive application of rule

6. Fill-in-the-blanks

7. Memorization

8. Use words in sentences

9. Composition.

Follows are some techniques that used in the

grammar translation method:

References

Larsen, Diane-freeman.2000. Techniques andPrinciples in LanguageTeaching: China: OxfordUniversity.

Setiyadi, Bambang. 2006.

Teaching English as a

Foreign Language:

Yogyakarta: Graha Ilmu.

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