II. THE HISTORY OF VOCABULARY TEACHING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
A. Grammar Translation Approach
Grammar Translation, an extension of the approach used to teach classical languages to the teaching of modern
languages, dominated foreign language teaching from the 1840s to the 1940s. In its modified form, this approach
continues to be widely used in some parts of the world today. The fundamental goal of learning a foreign language in
Grammar Translation Approach is to be able to read its literature. In order to do so, students are expected to learn the