AudiolingualMethod – ÖzgünÖzcan
Applying The Method
Techiques
Drills
Question and Answer Drill
Transformation Drill
Multiple-Slot Substitution Drill
Single-Slot Substitution Drill
Chain Drill
Repetition Drill
Grammar Games
Dialoguge Completion
Use of Minimal Pairs
ship-sheep / big-pig / buy-pie
Dialogue Memorization
Materials
Language Labs
Visual Support
Audial Support
Disadvantages
Not a natural conversation
Students speak through a mechanical device.
Passive students
Boring drills
Bad reading and writing skills
Advantages
Speaking fluently
Effective grammar learning
Good pronounciation
Contextual learning
The Importance of Repetition and the Language Habit
The Roles In Class
Teacher
active during classes
controls learning
a good model (like a native speaker)
the center. the leader
Students
very little control over the pace and content
answer fast and fluently
make an imitation of the teacher
Goals
native like
production
forming new
habits in the
target language
learning to use
the target language
automatically
without
stopping to think
using the target
language
communicatively
Principles
6
Grammar is induced from the examples given; explicit grammar rules are not provided.
5
The dialogs are learned through imitation and repetition.
4
New vocabulary and structural patterns are presented through dialogs.
3
Pronounciation is the most important for language.
2
Language learning is a habit fotmation.
1
Language can't be separated from culture.
Backround
Behaviorist Psychology
Habit formation
The Army Specialized Program
This Program derives from the intensity of contact with the target language and drills. It also effected The Audio-Lingual Method.
World War II
After the WWII, America has been a big power and there was a huge demand for studying in America and learning English. That is also a reason for the appearance of different teaching methods, so does The Audio-Lingual Method.
