Abstract:
This report is based on my teaching experience that I taught from the classes VI –VII,
during my internship at Academia with a focus on teaching grammar in ESL (English as Second
Language) and creative writing classroom for young learners. During this internship, I tried to
relate the theories and knowledge from ELT courses that I have studied in my graduation period
and implemented them through the real life classroom experiences. This paper focuses on
various methods and approaches like- Grammar Translation Method (GTM), Communicative
Language Teaching (CLT), Inductive Approach and Deductive Approach. Grammar Translation
Method (GTM) is a traditional method and widely used in language learning in Bangladeshi
schools for beginner level learners whereas Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) has been
popular and much practiced methodology in classrooms worldwide using creative activities for
language learning. These methods and approaches helped me to give effective error correction in
student’s progression and fluency in language learning. From my internship result, I found out
that with the combination of GTM and CLT students developed a lot in their academic results as
well as in speaking fluency in the target language (L2). It also includes some suggestions for
teaching grammar in classroom and recommendations towards solving a few problems which I
have faced during my internship as a teacher at the school.
