thegrammartranslationmethodisaforeignlanguageteachingmethodderivedfromtheclassical(sometimescalledtraditional)methodofteachingGreekandLatin
Themethodrequiresstudentstotranslatewholetextswordforwordandmemorizenumerousgrammaticalrulesandexceptionsaswellasenormousvocabularylists
Thegoalofthismethodistobeabletoreadandtranslateliterarymasterpiecesandclassics
Classeswereconductedinthenativelanguage
Achapterinadistinctivetextbookofthismethodwouldbeginwithamassivebilingualvocabularylist
Grammarpointswouldcomedirectlyfromthetextsandbepresentedcontextuallyinthetextbook,tobeexplainedelaboratelybytheinstructor
Grammarthusprovidedtherulesforassemblingwordsintosentences
Tedioustranslationandgrammardrillswouldbeusedtoexerciseandstrengthentheknowledgewithoutmuchattentiontocontent
Sentenceswouldbedeconstru