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Definition of the grammar translation method noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

the grammar translation method

noun
 
/ðə ˌɡræmə trænzˈleɪʃn meθəd/
 
/ðə ˌɡræmər trænzˈleɪʃn meθəd/
[singular] (linguistics)
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  1. a traditional way of teaching a foreign language, in which the study of grammar is very important and very little teaching is in the foreign language
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