Published On Sep 17, 2021
I'm probably going to offend the die-hard fans of Grammar-Translation, but I've come to realise it doesn't do the job it promises. It fills you with a false sense of progress but your actual langauage ability only really comes from the reading and listening you do in the target language. Incidentally, people can become good at languages during or after attending G-T classes, but it is in spite of rather than because of such methods.
I don't agree anymore with what I said six years ago in 2015, but if you want to watch me manhandle Latin textbooks while praising grammar for 8 minutes, here is my old video: • Grammar or reading: Which type of Lat...
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