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The Drawbacks of Grammar Translation Method in a Bangladeshi ELT Situation

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shibli:
In the general academic context of teaching English as a foreign language (EFL), the Grammar- Translation Method (GTM) had been practiced for a long time in the English Language Teaching (ELT) context of Bangladesh most probably since the introduction of the curricula of the general education in the sub-continent laid down by the British imperial government during the rule of the British empire. However, let us go through a comment made by an expert:

"The ultimate outcome of the GTM in the ELT situation had been proved unsatisfactory by all means. The total ELT process of GTM could not make the most of the students proficient users of English communicatively achieving equal competence in reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. In the cases of professional and other communicative grounds most of the students having been learned English in GTM fail to communicate successfully resulted from the immediate forgetting of the deductively memorized grammatical rules right after the pass of the examinations."

ymislam:
Dear Shibli,

Thank you for supporting us in this venture. I myself do not know/remember any grammar rules. However, I did read a lot. At school, speaking in English even in the corridors and in the playground was mandatory. When I started writing and reflecting, my English became even better.

So judging from my personal experience, I would tend to agree with you. So how do we take this knowledge into our classrooms and help our students learn?

-Yousuf

kulsum:
i think we should make our lessons more activity and presentation based.

Umme Kulsum

ymislam:
Kulsum,

Good idea! If you wish any input from me, pls let me know.

We can also brainstorm class activities in this forum. If you wish all English teachers can participate in a Wiki and collectively develop various activities for our students. This would become like a Wikipedia of Activities for our students - it would become a resource for Teachers of English.

Let me know what you would like to do. Can other teachers also comment on the idea of a Wiki for English Activities.

-Yousuf

nusrat-diu:
For assignment, we can select 5 or 6 story books in a semester according to the students' level. There'll be 'reading tracking chart' for every book so that it can be proved that students' understand the theme of the book.

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