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Traditional Method The Grammar
Translation Method
• Johann Sedenstuker
• Karl Plotz
• H.S.Ollendorf
• Johann Meidinger
• It was known as the Prussian Method in The USA
Principle Characteristics of Grammar Translation
Method
• Goal of foreign language study is to read its
literature
• Reading & writing major focus; speaking &
listening generally ignored
• Vocabulary based on reading text
• Sentence is the basic unit of teaching &
learning practice
• Accuracy emphasized
• Grammar taught deductively (usually the
terminology used for studying Latin Grammar)
• Student’s native language medium of
instruction
The Reform Movement
(Based on Applied Linguistics)
• Beginning of a scientific approach
• In 1880s: Linguists Henry Sweet (England);
Wilhelm Vietor (Germany); & Paul Passy (France)
• In 1886 the International Phonetic Association
formed & its International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
designed
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