audiolingualmethod-meryemduran
CHARACTERISTICS
Proposed by the mid. 1950's
Vocabulary paterns
Imitation and repetition
Drills
Possitive reinforcements
Grammar induced/structural patterns
Cultural information
Usage of the only target language
BASED ON
STRUCTURAL LINGUISTIC
Lexical items
Phonological units
Grammatical units
BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOLOGY
Habit formation
Stimulus
Response
Reinforcement
CRITICISM
ADVANTAGES
Control over the oral ability
Emphasizing sentence production
Constructing through the creation of correct behavioral patterns
Making language teaching possible to large groups of learners
DISADVANTAGES
Lack of effectiveness
Boredom caused by endless pattern drills
Student's having little control over their learning
Teacher's domination
Teacher-oriented materials
It's too rigid and time consuming
It's not contexualized
TECHNIQUES
Dialogue memorization
Backward build-up drill
Repetetion drill
Chain drill
Single/Multiple slot substitution drill
Question and answer drill
Minimal pairs
Complete the dialogue
Transformation
Grammar game
Expansion drill
Clause combination
ROLES
TEACHER'S
To use language communicatively
Leader,provides o good model
To give possitive reinforcement
STUDENT'S
Need to overlearn the target language
Repeat the language as acurately and quickly as possible