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Wangru, Cao – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
Vocabulary is an indispensable part of language and it is of vital importance for second language learners. Wilkins (1972) points out: "without grammar very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary nothing can be conveyed." Vocabulary teaching has experienced several stages characterized by grammatical-translation method, audio-lingual…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Semantics, English, Chinese
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Baker, Robert L. – Slavic and East European Journal, 1975
English-Russian translation at the beginning level is defended if both languages are presented and used realistically and idiomatically. Students using this method attained a good knowledge of Russian and a respect for both languages. (CHK)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, English, Grammar Translation Method, Language Instruction
King, Janet K. – Ger Quart, 1969
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, English, Grammar Translation Method, Language Instruction
Allsopp, Jeannette – Dialog on Language Instruction, 1995
Examines the methodology used in the teaching of foreign languages in the Anglophone Caribbean. Although the methodology most widely used has been the grammar-translation method, there has been a shift to a more communicative methodology based on a notional-functional approach. The language situation here reflects the social and political…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Communicative Competence (Languages), Creoles, English