The grammar translation method quiz

METHODOLOGY 1 – October 17,2006
Check your understanding about The Grammar-Translation Method
Student’s name:
……………………………………………………………………………………….
The Grammar-Translation Method focuses on: (check  the correct answers)
1.  reading and writing skills
2.  listening and speaking skills
3.  vocabulary
4.  pronunciation
5.  accuracy
6.  grammatical analysis
7.  content of texts
8.  application of grammatical knowledge into translating sentences and
texts
9.  memorization
10.
 active use of the target language
11.
 literature and fine arts
12.
 teacher – student interaction
13.
 student – student interaction

METHODOLOGY 1 – October 17,2006
Check your understanding about The Grammar-Translation Method
Student’s name:
……………………………………………………………………………………….
The Grammar-Translation Method focuses on: (check  the correct answers)
1.  reading and writing skills
2.  listening and speaking skills

3.  vocabulary
4.  pronunciation
5.  accuracy
6.  grammatical analysis
7.  content of texts
8.  application of grammatical knowledge into translating sentences and
texts
9.  memorization
10.
 active use of the target language
11.
 literature and fine arts
12.
 teacher – student interaction
13.
 student – student interaction


METHODOLOGY
February 28, 2007

THE GRAMMAR TRANSLATION METHOD
Exercise 1: Which of the following statements describes the Grammar
Translation Method’ s principles. Which don’t? Circle your
choice.
1.   An important goal for students is to be able to translate each
language into the other.
2.  

Another goal for students is to be able to communicate.

3.  

The content of learning is typically embedded in literature and fine art
of the target language country.

4.  

The teacher is the authority in the classroom.

5.   The teacher decides whether students’ answer is correct or not and
gets them self-correct.
6.  

There are two kinds of reading comprehension.

7.  

Learning involves a lot of memorization of grammar rules, and native
language equivalents for foreign language words.

8.  

There is little student initiation and little student – student interaction.

9.  

There is much attention given to speaking and listening.

10.

 
language.

The language that is used in class is mostly the students’ native

METHODOLOGY
February 28, 2007

THE GRAMMAR TRANSLATION METHOD
Exercise 1: Which of the following statements describes the Grammar
Translation Method’ s principles. Which don’t? Circle your
choice.

1.  

An important goal for students is to be able to translate each
language into the other.

2.  

Another goal for students is to be able to communicate.


3.   The content of learning is typically embedded in literature and fine art
of the target language country.

4.  

The teacher is the authority in the classroom.

5.  

The teacher decides whether students’ answer is correct or not and
gets them self-correct.

6.  

There are two kinds of reading comprehension.

7.   Learning involves a lot of memorization of grammar rules, and native
language equivalents for foreign language words.

8.  

There is little student initiation an little student – student interaction.

9.  

There is much attention given to speaking and listening.

10.

 

The language that is used in class is mostly the students’ native

language.

Exercise 2: Which of the following techniques follows the Grammar
Translation Method’s principles? Which don’t? Circle your

choice.
1.   The whole class read the given passage out loud after the teacher. The
teacher corrects their pronunciation carefully.
2.   First the students are asked to work on a short passage. The teacher
then gives students a set of isolated adjectives and asks them to find
their synonyms from the passage.
3.   The teacher explains carefully how to form the third singular person of
the simple present tense. Then he provide students with a list of
infinitive verbs and asks them to transform these verbs into third
singular person.
4.   The teacher gets students to write answers to some reading
comprehension in their notebooks. Then he asks them to compare the
answers with one another.
5.   The teacher asks students to write a composition about the system of
transportation in their hometown. They can use a bilingual dictionary
for words they don’t know.


6.   The students are given a reading passage and required to underline its
main ideas.
7.   After having students learn by heart a set of vocabulary that describe
a house, the teachers asks them to make up sentences in which they
use the new words.

Exercise 2: Which of the following techniques follows the Grammar
Translation Method’s principles? Which don’t? Circle your
choice.

1.   The whole class read the given passage out loud after the teacher. The
teacher corrects their pronunciation carefully.

2.   First the students are asked to work on a short passage. The teacher
then gives students a set of isolated adjectives and asks them to find
their synonyms from the passage.

3.   The teacher explains carefully how to form the third singular person of
the simple present tense. Then he provide students with a list of
infinitive verbs and asks them to transform these verbs into third
singular person.

4.   The teacher gets students to write answers to some reading
comprehension in their notebooks. Then he asks them to compare the
answers with one another.

5.   The teacher asks students to write a composition about the system of
transportation in their hometown. They can use a bilingual dictionary
for words they don’t know.

6.   The students are given a reading passage and required to underline its
main ideas.

7.   After having students learn by heart a set of vocabulary that describe
a house, the teachers asks them to make up sentences in which they
use the new words.