Ways of Learning and Teaching a Language - Grammar Translation

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Over the next few days I will be covering a total of 5 techniques and strategies on different ways of learning and teaching a language. Some of the techniques are more successful than others, so make sure to adapt them to your own students.

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Grammar Translation

The Grammar Translation strategy has been used in schools throughout the history of language teaching. This strategy concentrates on teaching students the rules and basics of a language, and undertaking written exercises to practise the structure and translating both into and out of the target language. The idea is to teach students thoroughly on the way the target language works.

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Inductive / Discovery Approach: Ways of Learning and Teaching a Language - Inductive / Discovery Approach
Communicative Approach: Ways of Learning and Teaching a Language - Communicative Approach