Grammer- Translation Method

Grammar -Translation method is an old method in the  field of language teaching. It was typically used  to teach latin and Greek and Latin Language.Later on, It was used to teach oither languages like sanskrit and English in all over the world . There was great infiuence of Grammar -Translation Method in ninteen century in the field of language teaching. many mcountries like nepal are still using this Method in some parts to teach english.

   Grammar-Translation method[in short G.T] , as it's name suggests, focuses on the two aspects: Grammar and Translation. Here , grammar is taught on the belief that language is a set of rules. it views language learning means learning the mrules. Rules are the  grammar of the language .Therefore, teaching lan guage means teaching grammar. It defines language as a means of culture transmission.Culture is transmitted through works of literature ,poem,histoiry and othert aesthetic value. Translation is the main  way of cultural translation.
   The main focus of Grammer - Translation Method is reading and writing.Reading is done by translating the target language in to mother tongue of the learner.Some words are selected randomly and taught in isolation bygiving mother tongue equivalent.Grammar was taught deductively[ie .rules are listed first  and sentences are provided later].