One of the oldest, the grammar translation method, saw teachers explaining grammar, teaching vocabulary, and having students translate word for word, sentence by sentence.
比較古老、也是台灣地區中學英語課堂上用得最多的一種，叫「文法翻譯學習法」又稱為「閱讀學習法」，主要是由老師帶學生讀生字、逐字翻譯字句、解釋文法。