AUDIO LINGUAL METHOD

• —  The Audio Lingual Method, like the Direct Method, we have just examined, is also an oral-based approach.
• —  Like the Direct Method, the Audio lingual Method does not use the students’ native language.
• —  For example, if you are in an English class in Turkey, the teacher only speaks English, and no Turkish.
• —  However, unlike the Direct Method, the Audio lingual Method does not teach vocabulary.
• —  Rather, the teacher drills grammar. In the Audio lingual method, grammar is most important for the student.
• —  In other words, the student must repeat grammar patterns after the teacher.
• —  The students do not learn lots of vocabulary. This method also uses psychology.

v  Basic of thinking ALM

1.    Language is spoken, not write

2.    Language is a set of habits

3.    Teach language and not about the language

4.    Language is like that spoken by native  speakers

5.    One language to another is different

v  Goals of Teacher use the Audio-Lingual Method

-          Teachers want their students to able to use the target language communicatively.

-          Their students achieve this by forming new habits in the target language and overcoming the old habits of their native language

v  TEACHER’S ROLE

-          The teacher is like an orchestra leader, directing and controlling the language behavior of her student.

-          She / He should provide a native speaker like model  for imitation.

-          Control student’s behavior

v  STUDENT’S ROLE

-          They repeat, imitate teacher’s model, form habits.

-          Respond as quickly and accurate as possible. They should over learn and respond and verbal or nonverbal stimuli.

v  INTERACTION

-          interaction is initiated and directed by teacher.

-           Most of it is between teacher and students.

-          Student-student interaction is found in chain drill or when they play roles in dialogues.

v  TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS

-          Vocabulary and structures are learned through imitation and are presented in dialogues.

-           Student are reinforced positively.

-          Grammar is introduced from models.

-           Cultural information is introduced and contextualized in dialogues or presented by the teacher.

-          Drills are based on patterns found in dialogues. Reading and writing is based on oral work.

v  SKILLS EMPHASISED

-          Language structures and vocabulary are PARAMOUNT.

-          The order of skills presentation is adhered to : listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

-           Pronunciation is taught from the beginning.

v  TREATMENT  ERRORS

-          Errors lead to the information  of bad habits.

-          They are seen as INTERFERRING , so they are to be AVOIDED AT ALL COAST.

-          The teacher should prevent errors whenever possible.