AUDIOLINGUAL METHOD-Merve CESUR

of ALM

Short Term Objectives

Oral Comprehension

Accurate Pronounciation

Writing

Reading

Long Term Objectives

Native like producer

Language Theory

Speaking is the most important.

Writing is given less important.

Learning Approach

Behavioral habits

PRINCIPLES of ALM

Learning is habit formation

Communication is very important

Students should otomatically learn the language

culture is learned within the language

Speech is more important than the written form

Teacher is a native speaker like MODEL

STUDENTS' ROLE

They ae active

They are imitators

DISADVANTAGES

It is not logical

Teacher does not explain in details

Grammar is almost not improved

CRITICISM

It is animal learning

There is no cognitive learning

Students should thing more critically

Reading and writing should be given more importance

It would be much better if students could generate the dialogue

BACKGROUND

Method was introduced in U.S, 1940s

is based on behaviorist theory

Some techniques of ATSM were used in ALM

it was the strongest method in terms of theory of language

FEATURES

Drills

Subtopic

Memorization

Lots of speaking

ACTIVITIES

1. Teacher gives some information about the dialogue

2. Students first listen the dialoge then they repeat after the teacher

3. Students repeat the dialoge one by one

4. Finally, in pairs, they practice the dialogue

TECHNIQUES of ALM

Dialogue Memorization

Use of minimal pairs

ship-sheepbig-pigbuy-pie

Dialogue Completion

Ex:I took my coat and you....I took my coat and you took yours.

Drills

Expansion Drill

From the end to the beginning of the sentence

Single-slot subtitution Drill

Teacher reads a sentence from the dialogue and gives another word (cue). Students put this new word in an appropriate place in the sentence which was given.

Multiple-slot substitution Drill

Teacher gives another word (cue) and the students put the words in different places of a sentence. If it is necessary, they change verb or subject.

Repetition

The students repeats aloud. They may repeat it again and add some new words to the sentence. Ex:I go to school.I go to school everyday.

Transformation Drill

A sentence s transformed by being made negative, affirmative, interrogative or changes can be happenned in tense, mood, voice etc.

Grammar Games

TEACHER'S ROLE

Teacher is more dominant

Teacher is a model

Teacher decides what students learn

Teacher watches students' performance

Teacher keeps students awake

ADVANTAGES

Speaking and listening are well developed

Classrom is more lively

By repeating similiar sentences, students overlearn the sentences