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by Özgün Özcan 11 years ago

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AudiolingualMethod – ÖzgünÖzcan

The Audiolingual Method, rooted in behaviorist psychology and developed post-World War II, emphasizes native-like language production through habit formation and repetition. This method emerged partly due to America'

AudiolingualMethod – ÖzgünÖzcan

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

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Grammar is induced from the examples given; explicit grammar rules are not provided.
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The dialogs are learned through imitation and repetition.
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New vocabulary and structural patterns are presented through dialogs.
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Pronounciation is the most important for language.
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Language learning is a habit fotmation.
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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.