The Trans-Cultural Comparative Literature Method Using Grammar Translation Techniques Effectively

This article describes the Trans-Cultural Comparative Literature Method, an inno-vative way to use literature to teach advanced English as a Foreign Lan-guage (EFL) students. This method originated from the authors’ discovery of common themes and points of view as they compared Turkmen and Eng-lish literary texts. While the method employs activities associated with Communicative Language Teaching (CLT), it also borrows from tech-niques associated with the Grammar Translation Method (GT) by focusing on grammar, vocabulary, and limited translation exercises during cultural comparisons of literary texts.


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his article describes the Trans-Cultural Comparative Literature Method, an inno-vative way to use literature to teach advanced English as a Foreign Lan-guage (EFL) students. This method originated from the authors’ discovery of common themes and points of view as they compared Turkmen and Eng-lish literary texts. While the method employs activities associated with Communicative Language Teaching (CLT), it also borrows from tech-niques associated with the Grammar Translation Method (GT) by focusing on grammar, vocabulary, and limited translation exercises during cultural comparisons of literary texts. P