Audio lingual method
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The Audio-lingual Method is a language teaching method developed during World War 2 that emphasizes speaking and listening skills over reading and writing. It uses behavioral psychology principles like drilling and reinforcement to teach grammar inductively. The goals are to train short-term listening comprehension and pronunciation, and long-term develop native-like automatic language use. While it engages students and trains speaking, it provides little real communication practice and can be boring.
Audio lingual method
- 3. The Audio-lingual Method is a method for foreign language teaching which emphasized the teaching of listening and speaking before reading and writing. This method is combination between behavioral psychology and linguistic. It’s also called “Army method”.
- 5. There are two objectives in this method: Short-range objective includes training in listening comprehension and accurate pronunciation. Long-range objective or the ultimate goal is to develop the student’s abilities are the same like what native speakers have, to use it automatically without stopping to think.
- 7. Audio-lingual Method(ALM) was developed in the US during the Second World War. This method is accepted by people of other countries and was introduced in Indonesia in the 1960’s.
- 9. Theory of language Theory of language learning
- 11. Based on the principles of behavior psychology. Spoken form first, written form later. Grammar is taught inductively through drills.
- 12. Vocabulary is limited and learned in context, not in isolation. Purpose language is the medium of instructions. New material is presented in dialogue form.
- 13. Teacher-dominated method. Correct pronunciation and grammar emphasized. Successful responses are immediately reinforced.
- 15. All students act in the classroom. The stage of the class more interesting and lively. Speaking and listening skills are better trained.
- 17. Grammar skill untrained. Students were not able to transfer skills to real communication outside the classroom. Many student found boring and unsatisfying.
- 19. Learner can be directed by skilled training techniques to correct responses. They are reactive role.
- 21. Central and active Monitors and correct the learners performance.
- 23. It is still sometimes used in ESL classrooms. It can be beneficial but should be used in conjunction with other methods.