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GTM Vis-a-Vis CLT: A Comparison of Language Teaching Methods
Hope Cristina H. Deita
Grammar Translation Method (GTM) and Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) are two methods commonly implored by language teachers in the classroom setting. These methods are guiding principles that equipped the language teachers in their challenge to transfer language skills to nonnative students. The comparison of these two methods shows learning a language effectively through theory versus the real world. Communicative language teaching makes use of real-life situations that necessitate communication. The teacher sets up a situation that students are likely to encounter in real life. The real-life simulations change from day to day. Students’ motivation to learn comes from their desire to communicate in meaningful ways about meaningful topics. GTM is a method of studying a language that approach it first through detailed analysis of its grammar rules, followed by application of the knowledge to the task of translating sentences and texts into and out of the target language. It views language learning as memorizing rules and facts in order to understand and manipulate the morphology and syntax of the foreign language. Furthermore, grammar is taught deductively that is by presentation and study of grammar rules which are practiced through translation exercises.
The paper was published in Sripatum Chonburi Journal in 2010.
