Grammar Translation Method and Foreigner Talk... 22/09

Grammar Translation is a method of foreign or second language teaching which makes use of translation and grammar study as the main teaching and learning activities. A typical lesson consists of the presentation of a grammatical rule, a study of lists of vocabulary, and a translation exercise.
The method emphasizes reading rather than the ablity to communicate in a language and later a greater emphasis on the teachng of spoken language.

Foreigner Talk is an easier speech that native speakers use when they are talking with foreigners who are not proficient in the language.
Some of the characteristics of foreigner talk are:
- It is a slow than normal speech often with a exaggerated pronunciation
- It use a simplified vocabulary and grammmar. For example, article, function words, and inflections may be omitted, and complex verb forms are replaced by simple ones.
- Topics are sometimes repeated or moved to the front of sentences, for example: Your bag? Where you leave your bag?


Native speakers often fell that this way of speech is easier for foreigners to understand.