Classes are taught in the mother tongue, with little active use of the target language.

• Much vocabulary is taught in the form of lists of isolated words.

• Long elaborate explanations of the intricacies of grammar are given.

• Grammar provides the rules for putting words together.

• Reading of difficult classical texts is begun early.

• Little attention is paid to the content of texts, which are treated as exercises in translating disconnected sentences from the target language into the mother tongue.

• Little or no attention is given to pronunciation.


Aaron Ugwu Ifeanyi. Language Teaching Methods: A Conceptual Approach. 2015 (adapted).


Considering the language teaching methods, it is correct to affirm that the aspects presented in the previous text correspond to the