AUDIOLINGUAL METHOD VERSUS COMMUNICATIVE METHOD (Finocchiaro and Brumfit 1983) Late 1960s- 1970s 1940s Need to focus

us in lang teaching on Origins and forerunners: Behavioural communicative proficiency rather than on psychology (Skinner), structural mere mastery of structures. linguistics (Bloomfield, Fries, Lado), Forerunners: C. Candlin, H. Widdowson, ASTP (Army Specialized Training Hymes). European Common Market. 1980: Programs) Van Ek and Alexander (the Threshold Attends to structure and form, more level), Wilkins, Brumfit (functional-notional than meaning. categories). Demands memorization of structure- Meaning is paramount. Dialogs, if used, based dialogs. centre around communicative functions and Language items are not necessarily are not normally memorized. contextualised.Lang learning is Contextualization is a basic premise. learning structures, sounds, or words. Lang learning is learning to communicate. Drilling is a central technique. Communicative activities from the very Native-speaker-like pronunciation. beginning. Use of native lang Comprehensible pronunciation. Native lang forbidden.Translation forbidden. accepted where feasible. Reading and writing deferred. Translation accepted in cases. Language is habit, so errors must be All skills. prevented at all costs. Language is created by the individual often Accuracy. through trial and error. Linguistic competence. Fluency. Competence and performance.