Which is the oldest method of teaching English?
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Correct answer: B. The grammar-translation method
Explanation
Grammar-translation, inherited from the teaching of Latin and Greek, dominated the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The direct method (Berlitz) reacted against it around 1900.
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