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Grammar translation teaching method

Grammar translation teaching method     The grammar-translation method Is the oldest method of teaching a language. It is based on the classical approach that foreign language can be best learned through grammar and translation. It is the most popular method of teaching English in our schools. According to Wyatt , it is based on three principles: English words and phrases can be best-interpreted in translation into the mother tongue. The structure of a foreign language is best learned when compared and contrasted with that of the mother tongue. Grammar and translation help the learner in the written work of the target language. Advantages of the G-T method: Any easy method: It is considered an easy method. Teaching proceeds from the known to the unknown. The use of the mother tongue makes learning easier. It helps the students to learn new vocabulary through translation. It also helps the teacher to explain the meanings easily. English grammar can be easily understood concerning the mo

Communicative language teaching approach

  Communicative language teaching approach The methods of teaching in our school are traditional. They emphasize grammatical forms. The result is that even after so many years of learning, our students cannot express themselves correctly and effectively in English. The communicative language approach is an attempt to meet this challenge. According to Brian Seaton ; "It is an approach that aims at developing the practical knowledge of how the language is used". The traditional methods aim to produce linguistic or grammatical competence. The communicative approach extends grammatical competence to communicate. "The purpose of language is to communicate with each other" . When we speak we want to communicate something to the listener. Through speaking our writing, we inform each other of our Desire feeling plans about objects are persons full stop so a language should be taught in our way that a learner may be able to communicate with others. A language has two aspects

THE INAATE THEORY OR MENTALISTIC THEORY

The Innate theory or Mentalistic theory   The innate theory of language learning was put forward by the most distinguished 20th-century linguist called  ''Noam Chomsky'' . This is also known as the ''mentalistic theory'' or ''nature theory''. This theory is best understood in contrast with the '' Behavioristic '' or '' Nurture theory'' of language learning. The behavioristic theory was put forward by '' Skinner'' in his book work '' Verbal Behavior'' . It is based on the s timulus-response- reinforcement- repetition process. This theory emphasizes the preexistence of an ideal social environment for the learning of one’s mother tongue. It is maintained that language is a sort of behavior that we acquire in ideal socio conditions. The behaviorists do not believe that the child has a separate language learning capability. It was in reaction to this theory that Chomsky came