Emergence of Audio-lingual Method The history of language teaching methodologies goes back to ancient times. Language teaching methods evolve over time to make improvement according to the need of that time. The merits and demerits become more and more apparent with the passage of time by different experimentation and accumulation of experience that cause a … Read more
Background of Whole Language Method U.S. educators coined the term Whole Language Method for the first time in 1980s. This group of educators was concerned specifically with teaching of language arts (reading and writing in the mother tongue). Teaching of reading and writing in the first language is very common and popular academic discipline. It … Read more
Background of Total Physical Response Method James Asher, a professor of psychology at San Jose State University, California, developed a new language teaching method that was based on physical activity (coordination of speech and action). It is known as Total Physical Response Method to activity of physical involvement in learning. He came up with the … Read more
What is Grammar Translation Method? The grammar translation method is a language teaching method to learn a foreign language. GTM is derived from the classical/traditional method of teaching Greek and Latin. This method aims at studying and analyzing the grammatical rules of the target language. In this method, a practice of grammatical structures was carried … Read more
Grammar Translation Method was one of the old-fashioned language teaching method. With the passage of time, this method was not more effective. During last decade of 19th century, a new language teaching method emerged. Because GTM had failed to meet the language teaching requirements of modern society where multiple discipline were in practice. The failure … Read more