Examining the effectiveness of the grammar translation method

Abstract

Grammar-Translation Method (GTM) is one of the oldest methods used to teach Latin or Greek and modern languages. GTM focuses primarily on correct grammar and structure. It helps teach the kids how to read and write in another language as it helps them to explore new words and phrases that is interchangeable (different terms for different tenses) far extremely efficiently than a verbal education. Classroom activities or instructional games are seldom necessary as students directly translate the text into another language. This research tries to find out how teachers use this and how students use this method to learn grammar. The participants in this study belong to different universities and share their experiences of how they learned grammar. I have prepared twenty-one questions for fifty-one students and some interview questions for six teachers. Finally, this study tries to present the findings of the results based on the survey. In the survey, most students strongly agree that teachers applied this method to teach them grammar in their childhood. Students who follow GTM practices during their childhood/early school days are more efficient in English and mostly use correct sentence structures. So, we can conclude that GTM is effective for English language acquisition.