The Audiolingual Method

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This method of teaching had its origins during World War II when it became known as the Army Method. The Audiolingual method emphasizes the teaching of listening and speaking before de reading and writing, and its main training technique uses dialogues as the main form of language presentation and drills.

The objective of the audiolingual method is accurate pronunciation and grammar, the ability to respond quickly and accurately in speech situations, and knowledge of sufficient vocabulary to use with grammar patterns.

Some techniques that can be applied with the Audio-Lingual method are:

• Repetition drill: This drill is often used to teach the lines of the dialogue. Students are asked to repeat the teacher’s model as accurately and as quickly as possible.
• Substitution drill: The students repeat the line from the dialogue which the teacher has given them, substituting the cue into the line in its proper place.
• Question-and-answer drill: The drill gives students practice with answering questions.
• Transformation Drills: Students change sentences usually from affirmative to negative.

Activity:

Unfortunately, I don't have a photo but I will explain what the activity was like.

We started the class practicing the first two techniques, we made a circle and the teacher explained the first exercise that only one-half of the circle would do, the dynamic was that we would introduce ourselves by saying our name and then the name of those who passed before, that is, we had to remember all the names and at the end say ours, in my case I was the third so it was not complicated, but I saw how hard it was for those who were last.

Then, the other half of the circle had to say their favorite fruit and form the sentence "Every day when I get up I wash my _____" and they said the fruit, it was really fun.

SWOT

S – The students are active in the class, classes are more interesting, and the speaking and listening skills are more drilled.

W – Sets aside from the writing, and poor grammar skills, some meanings of words can be learned only in a linguistic and cultural context.

O – The pronunciation is more controlled, improve vocabulary by listening and repeating.

T – Grammatical problems, unable to use the patterns fluently in natural speech situations.

That's all my friends, I hope this entry helps you to learn a little about The Audiolingual Method. See you soon at the next entry! 💁