AUDIO LINGUAL METHOD

BACKGROUND

ALM is the first strong method in terms of theory

It had its origins during the World War II

It was a dominant foreign language teaching method in the US

CRITISIM

Students are passive

Just structuce is taught

It is a mechanical learning

Explicit grammar rules are not provided

Drills are not useful

Memorizing , not cognitive learning

It provides a good pronounciation

Students get familiar with the daily dialogues in target language

Students learn the language and culture in context

DISADVANTAGES

Memorization

Too much parroting

Ignoring reading and writing skills

ADVANTAGES

Learning the culture besides the language

Learning accurate pronounciation of the words

Native-speaker-like model teacher

Speaking and listening skills are developed

SAMPLE ACTIVITIES

Listen and Repeat

Grammar Games

Dialogues

GOALS

To use the target language communicatively and automatically.

To listen and repeat

To overlearn the language

To get information about the culture

To pronounce accurately

Techniques

Dialogue Memorization

Grammar Games

Drills

Backward Build-up

Repetition

Transformation

Teacher wants the students to make sentences positive, negative , passive, active etc.

Single-slot Substition

The teacher changes a word in the sentence.

Multiple-slot Substition

Question-and-answer

Dialogue Completion

Use of Minimal Pairs

Ship-Sheep , Big-Pig

Listening and Repeating

Areas and Skills Emphasized

Listening

Writing

Speaking

Reading

Roles of the teacher and the student

Teacher

Active

The teacher monitors students' performances , keeps students awake with diffirent techniques.

Native-speaker-like model

Center

Controls learning

Student

Little control

The students have very little control over the context and pace.

Passive

As the structuralism is taught in behaviourism , the students just obey to the the teacher.

EVALUATION

Dialogue Completion

Minimal Pairs Activities

Grammar Games

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