The goal of this research is to investigate the effect of using Grammar-Translation method onacquiring English grammar and learning attitudes of elementary stage of EFL Jordanian students.The study was applied the following steps in gathering the data :The Pre-test was prepared to measure potential differences in students` achievement in grammar.The sample was randomly grouped into two classes; these classes were randomly selected asfollows: one class for group A , which is the experimental group, and the other class for group B,which is the control group. The two methods of instructions were randomly assigned to the twogroups. The researcher met each group of the class under study three times each time for 50minutes within the same week and they were taught If Clause conditions one, two, and three.also the negation of If Clause was included. The researcher taught group A by using GrammarTranslationmethod and followed the following steps:i. The form and meaning of every condition was demonstrated.a. exhibited three sentences as examples.ii. Then the students were requested to answer some questions showing their understanding.International Journal of Asian Social Science, 2013, 3(12): 2469-2476© 2013 AESS Publications. All Rights Reserved. 2473a. thereafter form some sentences correctly.iii. The negation was explained in the same way and at the end of the class contrastivequestions and discussions were clearing the differences between three conditions.
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