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What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of the Grammar-Translation Method in teaching English Language as second language? The Advantages of the Grammar-Translation Method: ·          The following are the advantages of the Translation Method for teaching of English as second language: 1.     It is an easy method: ·          In this method the child proceeds from the known to unknown. He already knows his mother tongue and now he learns the English equivalents. 2.     It helps in building vocabulary: ·          Translation method helps in the rapid expansion of vocabulary of the students as it avoids difficult definitions or lengthy explanations. The vocabulary is economically and effectively acquired. Students get the exact meanings of words. 3.     It saves teacher’s labor: ·          The teacher finds it very easy to prepare his lesson. He has not to think of the ways and means to explain new words. It doesn’t require the teacher to make use of audio-visual

What are Grammar- Translation /Tradition Method of teaching English as second language, what its Principles? ·          Grammar-Translation Method of Teaching a English as Foreign Language ·          The Grammar-Translation Method is not new. It has had different names, but it has been used by language teachers for many years, at one time it was called classical method since it was first used in the teaching of the classical languages. ·          The grammar–translation method is a method of teaching English as foreign language... Innovative students may be required to translate whole texts word-for-word. ·          Grammar Translation Method. Occasionally also known as the Traditional Method, this is a traditional teaching technique that was used to teach Latin and Greek and was particularly in trend during the 16th Century. The focus at this time was on the translation of texts, grammar, and memorization learning of vocabulary. Method ·          Grammar–tra

How does the Direct Method differ from The Translation Method of English Teaching? as second Language ·          The following are the points of difference between the direct method and translation method: Direct Method Grammar Translation Method The direct method insists upon speech from the beginning The direct method avoids close association between the mother tongue and the foreign (English) language The direct method follows the child’s natural way of learning a language The direct method teaches a language by use and not by rule, So it opposes the teaching of formal grammar Doesn’t favor the teaching formal grammar at the early stage but the translation method lays no emphasis on speech the translation method lays no emphasis on speech The translation method maintains close association between the second language and mother tongue. The translation method follows the adult’s logical way of learning a language The t