AudiolingualMethod-GökçeÖzgen
Roles
Student's Role
Oriented ones
Students are observers. After teachers' action they start to repeatation. They are active (speaking, repeating etc.) but with the direction of the teachers. Their mission is listening, repeating and memorizing.
Teacher's Role
Center of the class
In ALM classes, teachers are the center of the class. They are models who are observed carefully by the students. They adjust the techniques of the lesson and evaluate the students' performances.
Criticism(positive and negative ways)
These are mechanical dialogues and they ignore mimics and gestures.
Positive
It can be appropriate for crowded classes
Pronunciation skills are developed thanks to minimal pairs.
Speaking become fluent and comprehension skills are devloped.
Daily and culture based dialogues are used.
Negative
Mechanical learning
People shoul have ability to produce inartificial sentences.
Behaviorism
Structuralism
Repeating and drills
Background
In pursuit of WW II, USA became super power.
Travel to USA for study in university.
It is the first strong method because it has got theorical bases
Theorical base in Linguistics and theorical base in psychology. (Structuralism and Behaviorism)
Army method's findings were applied to ALM
Skills Emphasized
Listening
Speaking
Objectives
Reading and Writing
Knowledge of Culture
Oral Comprehension
Accurate Pronunciation
Activities
Drills
Grammar Games
Dialogues
Studies in Language Laboratories
Repeating Activities
Evaluation
Tests (multiple choices, fill in the blanks or true false)
Minimal Pairs Practises
Accuracy of mimic and pronunciation in dialogue practices
Dialogue Completion
Main topic
Advantages
Students know the culture of the language because it is learned with context.
Pupils can comprehend the others.
Speaking skills are developed
Disadvantages
Parroting causes standartization
Teacher centered classes.
Reading and writing skills are ignored.
Students just memorize and repeat. They don't know what they mean.
Pupils don't produce anything.
Dialogues are not normal dialogues. (in language laboratories)
Principles
Act Out
Drills are important
Drills can be applied in many ways such as chain drill, single or multiple slot substitution drills etc. Drill is a kind of repetition.
Subtopic
Errors are dangerous
Errors can be fossillized. So they need to be corrected immidiately.
Learning language is a native formation
Teacher is a native
L1 and L2 are kept apart
Learning language with context
