Audio Lingual Method Features

The audiolingual method i key features 1.

Audio lingual method features. It therefore includes concentrated drill in all features of the new language that differ in structure from the. The audio lingual method was widely used in the 1950s and 1960s and the emphasis was not on the understanding of words but rather on the acquisition of structures and patterns in common everyday dialogue. The audio lingual method army method or new key is a method used in teaching foreign languages it is based on behaviorist theory which postulates that certain traits of living things and in this case humans could be trained through a system of reinforcement the correct use of a trait would receive positive feedback while incorrect use of that trait would receive negative feedback. These patterns are elicited repeated and tested until the responses given by the student in the foreign language are automatic.

There is dependence on mimicry memorization of set phrases and over learning. New material is presented in dialog form. Audio lingual method 1. It is a method with which many of you may already be familiar.

Watch carefully what the teacher is doing and what he is asking the students to do. Structures are sequenced by means of constractive analysis and taught one at a time. Features of audio lingual method the teacher treat all the four skills equally and teach them separately. Techniques used in audio lingual.

My colleague michael jerald will now demonstrate the alm. The audio lingual method was widely used in the 1950s and 1960s and the emphasis was not on the understanding of words but rather on the acquisition of structures a nd patterns in common. Although it claimed to have turned language teaching from an art to a science it shared several aspects with the direct method both were a reaction to the perceived failures of the grammar. The audiolingual method alm gained attention in the 1950s largely in the usa where it was rooted in the military s need during world war ii to train large volumes of personnel in disparate languages.

The outbreak of world war ii heightens the need for americans to become orally proficient in the languages of both their allies and enemies the u s military provided language courses that focused on the aural oral skills the army specialized training program astp or the army method. There is much focus on language laboratory as an important teaching aid. Audio lingual method by parisa mehran raheleh hajizadeh roya pashmforoush 2. Like direct method there is no importance of mother tongue.

In audio lingual syllabus dialogue has the dominant role to play.