THE AUDIO LINGUAL METHOD
THE AUDIO-LINGUAL
METHOD
BACKGROUND
• The army method
• Second World War
• The US army was trained with a basic oral communication
WHAT IS IT?
• It is an inductive teaching and learning method.
• It is based on imitation and repetition drills (oral).
• The students must repeat what the teacher says.
• Similar to the Direct method: students must avoid their native language into the classroom.
• It is focused on grammar and phonology.
PRINCIPLES
• It was based on the structural linguistic (Bloomfield 1930').
• Foreign language learning is basically a process of mechanical habit forming. • Good habits are formed by giving correct responses.
• Interested in phonetics, phonology, morphology and syntax.
• Emphasis on listening and oral before reading and writing.
• Use of dialogues as the main way to presenting the language
• Avoid the mother tongue in the classroom
PRINCIPLES
• The audio-lingual method is based on the behavior. Humans learn by their habits activities and repetition (Behaviorism, Skinner)
REINFORCEMENT
STIMULUS
ORGANISM
RESPONSE
NO REINFORCEMENT
NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT
OBJECTIVES
Short-range objective
•.Training in listening comprehension
•.Accurate pronunciation
•.Recognition of speech symbols as graphic sings on the printed page
•.The ability to produce symbols in writing
.Large-range objective
•.The development of a second language as a native speaker
•.The students must get knowledge of the language as a bilingual speaker
ROLES
Students roles
• They do not control their output
• They must imitate and repeat what the teacher says
• They are organisms that receive a training to produce a response
• They must produce correct responses as soon as possible
• Students' native language role is that they must avoid their mother tongue in the class.
ROLES
Teacher roles
• His/her role is central and active
• He/she must direct, control and monitor the students' language behavior • He/she gives patterns, modal dialogues and substitution
METHOD
BACKGROUND
• The army method
• Second World War
• The US army was trained with a basic oral communication
WHAT IS IT?
• It is an inductive teaching and learning method.
• It is based on imitation and repetition drills (oral).
• The students must repeat what the teacher says.
• Similar to the Direct method: students must avoid their native language into the classroom.
• It is focused on grammar and phonology.
PRINCIPLES
• It was based on the structural linguistic (Bloomfield 1930').
• Foreign language learning is basically a process of mechanical habit forming. • Good habits are formed by giving correct responses.
• Interested in phonetics, phonology, morphology and syntax.
• Emphasis on listening and oral before reading and writing.
• Use of dialogues as the main way to presenting the language
• Avoid the mother tongue in the classroom
PRINCIPLES
• The audio-lingual method is based on the behavior. Humans learn by their habits activities and repetition (Behaviorism, Skinner)
REINFORCEMENT
STIMULUS
ORGANISM
RESPONSE
NO REINFORCEMENT
NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT
OBJECTIVES
Short-range objective
•.Training in listening comprehension
•.Accurate pronunciation
•.Recognition of speech symbols as graphic sings on the printed page
•.The ability to produce symbols in writing
.Large-range objective
•.The development of a second language as a native speaker
•.The students must get knowledge of the language as a bilingual speaker
ROLES
Students roles
• They do not control their output
• They must imitate and repeat what the teacher says
• They are organisms that receive a training to produce a response
• They must produce correct responses as soon as possible
• Students' native language role is that they must avoid their mother tongue in the class.
ROLES
Teacher roles
• His/her role is central and active
• He/she must direct, control and monitor the students' language behavior • He/she gives patterns, modal dialogues and substitution