The grammartranslation method is a method of teaching foreign languages derived from the classical sometimes called traditional method of teaching Ancient Greek and Latin. In grammartranslation classes, students learn grammatical rules and then apply those rules by translating See more. The overall concept of grammartranslation has been criticized since few verifiable sources support the existence of such a method until the th century. See more. There are two main goals to grammartranslation classes. One is to develop students reading ability to a level where they can See more. The mainstay of classroom materials for the grammartranslation method is textbooks, which, in the th century, attempted to codify the grammar of the target language into discrete rules that students were to learn and memorize. A chapter in typical See more. The grammartranslation method was the standard way languages were taught in schools from the th to the th centuries. Despite See more. The grammartranslation method originated