AudiolingualMethod-GökçeÖzgen

Principles

Learning language with context

L1 and L2 are kept apart

Teacher is a native

Learning language is a native formation

Errors are dangerous

Errors can be fossillized. So they need to be corrected immidiately.

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.

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Act Out

Disadvantages

Dialogues are not normal dialogues. (in language laboratories)

Pupils don't produce anything.

Students just memorize and repeat. They don't know what they mean.

Reading and writing skills are ignored.

Teacher centered classes.

Parroting causes standartization

Advantages

Speaking skills are developed

Pupils can comprehend the others.

Students know the culture of the language because it is learned with context.

Main topic

Evaluation

Dialogue Completion

Accuracy of mimic and pronunciation in dialogue practices

Minimal Pairs Practises

Tests (multiple choices, fill in the blanks or true false)

Activities

Repeating Activities

Studies in Language Laboratories

Dialogues

Grammar Games

Drills

Objectives

Accurate Pronunciation

Oral Comprehension

Knowledge of Culture

Reading and Writing

Skills Emphasized

Speaking

Listening

Background

Army method's findings were applied to ALM

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It is the first strong method because it has got theorical bases

Theorical base in Linguistics and theorical base in psychology. (Structuralism and Behaviorism)

In pursuit of WW II, USA became super power.

Travel to USA for study in university.

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Criticism(positive and negative ways)

These are mechanical dialogues and they ignore mimics and gestures.

Negative

Repeating and drills

Structuralism

Behaviorism

Mechanical learning

People shoul have ability to produce inartificial sentences.

Positive

Daily and culture based dialogues are used.

Speaking become fluent and comprehension skills are devloped.

Pronunciation skills are developed thanks to minimal pairs.

It can be appropriate for crowded classes

Roles

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.

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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.