Assistant Professor in English, (B.Ed. Dept.), Katwa College, West Bengal, India
Online published on 15 March, 2019.
Teaching second language in the second language Classroom situation is a motivating assignment. The teacher has to render utmost effort to generate productive and receptive skills among the learners who constitute a mixed group in the class. Usually the teacher adopts the traditional grammar translation method to generate competency among the L2 learners. But multiples types of learners are not benefitted equally in this method. Again if teaching situation is operated using the strategies associated with Direct Method in the classroom situations, second language learning may become animating to motivate the learners to be associated in the language learning process. The present Study is an attempt to explore the effectiveness of the Grammar Translation method teaching and teaching with Direct Method in the second language classroom situation at upper primary level of urban backdrop.
Grammar Translation Method, Direct Method, upper primary level