AudiolingualMethod-TuğçeÖzgenç
GOALS
to be able to use target language communicatively
to speak with accurate pronunciation
overlearning
Writing
reading
FOUNDATIONS
Mechanical habit formation
Memorizing drills
learning in the spoken form
meaning in linguistic and cultural context
teaching a lang. involves teaching culture
Lesson procedure
LISTEN
REPEAT
MEMORIZE
ADAPT IT TO SS' INTEREST
ACT OUT
SELECT (the problem) STRUCTURE
DRILL THEM
EXPLAIN
FOLLOW UP
ROLES
Teacher's role
Teacher is very active
Teacher is a model
Teacher controls learning
Teacher monitors ss' performance
Teacher keeps ss awake with different techniques
Student's role
Student is passive
Student is an organism that can be directed by teacher
Student obeys teacher
Student have got very little control
TECHNIQUES
Dialogue Memorization
Drills
Use of minimal pairs
Dialogue Completion
Grammar Games
BACKGROUND
Oral-based approach
Based on behaviorism
in US in the 1940s
CRITICISM
Habit formation takes a long time and the drills are insufficient. Making them again and again renders Ss dreadfully boring.
Drills-then the rules (Inductive Learning) doesn't suit all Ss.
Students just repeat the drills without understanding them.
Teacher is very active, as a result, students are very passive.
No real speech
Memorizing&Rote learning
PRINCIPLES
L1 and L2 are kept apart
Language is given within context
Positive Reinforcement is important
Lang learning is a habit formation
Ss overlearn the lang
Prevent learners from making errors
Purpose of lang learning is communication
Lang can't be separated from culture
MATERIALS USED IN CLR
Tape Recorders
Language Laboratories
Audiovisual equipments
ADVANTAGES
Good Pronunciation
Develop Listening Skill
Language is in context
Give importance to grammar structures