The Audiolingual Method (ALM) emerged after World War II, influenced by the structuralism approach advocated by Charles Fries. This method emphasizes learning language through repetition and drills, drawing on findings from the Army Specialized Training Program (
Too much things to do for teacher. They are acting like actor, trying to keep learners awake, controlling the learning, applying the techniques. It is tiresome for both sides. One side is conveying everything other side is memorizing everything.
Other skills are not given enough: Reading, Writing.
Lab environment is not natural. Learners can not communicate with each other and teacher naturally although actual goal of the method is communicate.
Behaviourism is not appropriate for human being. Learner should think and product something. They could not memorize forever.They can not understand meanings and product something new because they are out of thinking.
Role of
Learner just obeys
Learner imitates.
Teacher is model
Teacher acts.
Sample Activities
Memorizing
Drilling
Listen and repeat
Techniques
Use of minimal pairs
For example :so - saw
berry - very
sit - seat
Repetition
Drills
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Dialogue completion
Dialogue Memorization
Background
Findings in ASTP used in ALM
Charles Fries rejected DM and claimed structualism
After World War II, growing demand for learning english