Effectiveness of Teaching Translation through Grammar Translation Method at Intermediate Level: An Experimental Study in a Semi-Rural Area, Sohawa

Abstract

For a few decades, teaching translation through the Grammar Translation Method has been in practice throughout the world. This method is also dominating over all the other teaching methods in Pakistan when it comes to teaching translation from Urdu to English, in particular. Conducted in the classroom of Intermediate part 2, this study aims to examine the up to which GTM has helped students to gain proficiency in translating from Urdu to English. It was a three-dimensional study where the data were gathered in the form of responses to the questionnaire and pre-test, and post-test. 30 students from class second-year class were selected as the population from Greenview Islamic Girls College, Sohawa, and they were taught translation from Urdu to English for 60 days. All of them were female, aged between 16-18 years. Data was analyzed through a mixed-method approach, SPSS for quantitative analysis, and qualitative for informal analysis. Data was gathered through personal visits and teaching to the selected population. The study revealed that student from semi-rural areas like Sohawa still feel comfortable while they are being taught translation through GTM, which enhanced their proficiency and confidence in translating from Urdu to English.