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AudioLingual Method- Merve CESUR

The Audiolingual Method (ALM) is a language teaching approach that emphasizes repetitive practice and habit formation. The method's primary objectives are to develop native-like speech production and strong oral comprehension skills.

AudioLingual Method- Merve CESUR

AUDIOLINGUAL METHOD-Merve CESUR

ADVANTAGES

By repeating similiar sentences, students overlearn the sentences
Classrom is more lively
Speaking and listening are well developed

TEACHER'S ROLE

Teacher keeps students awake
Teacher watches students' performance
Teacher decides what students learn
Teacher is a model
Teacher is more dominant

TECHNIQUES of ALM

Grammar Games
Transformation Drill

A sentence s transformed by being made negative, affirmative, interrogative or changes can be happenned in tense, mood, voice etc.

Repetition

The students repeats aloud. They may repeat it again and add some new words to the sentence.

Ex:

I go to school.

I go to school everyday.

Multiple-slot substitution Drill

Teacher gives another word (cue) and the students put the words in different places of a sentence. If it is necessary, they change verb or subject.

Single-slot subtitution Drill

Teacher reads a sentence from the dialogue and gives another word (cue). Students put this new word in an appropriate place in the sentence which was given.

Expansion Drill

From the end to the beginning of the sentence

Dialogue Completion

Ex:

I took my coat and you....

I took my coat and you took yours.

Use of minimal pairs

ship-sheep

big-pig

buy-pie

Dialogue Memorization

ACTIVITIES

4. Finally, in pairs, they practice the dialogue
3. Students repeat the dialoge one by one
2. Students first listen the dialoge then they repeat after the teacher
1. Teacher gives some information about the dialogue

FEATURES

Lots of speaking
Memorization
Subtopic
Drills

BACKGROUND

it was the strongest method in terms of theory of language
Some techniques of ATSM were used in ALM
is based on behaviorist theory
Method was introduced in U.S, 1940s

CRITICISM

It would be much better if students could generate the dialogue
Reading and writing should be given more importance
Students should thing more critically
There is no cognitive learning
It is animal learning

DISADVANTAGES

Grammar is almost not improved
Teacher does not explain in details
It is not logical

STUDENTS' ROLE

They are imitators
They ae active

PRINCIPLES of ALM

Teacher is a native speaker like MODEL
Speech is more important than the written form
culture is learned within the language
Students should otomatically learn the language
Communication is very important
Learning is habit formation

of ALM

Long Term Objectives
Native like producer
Short Term Objectives
Reading
Writing
Accurate Pronounciation
Oral Comprehension