The Audio Lingual Method

Produced by : Hachemaoui Lamia

Syllabus :
1 – Introduction .
2 – Definition of ALM .
3 – Theory of Language .
4 – Characteristics .
5 – Types Of Learning And Teaching
Activities .
6 – Learner’s role .
7 – Teacher’s role .
8- Advantages .
9 – Disadvantages .
10 – Conclusion .
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It’s appeared in the method era basically in the
20th century. It was suggested to teach Army in
the Second World War to speak their allies and
enemies , originally known as the Army method
this teaching method relies
 The audio language method is an oral-based
approach and a method of foreign language teaching
which emphasizes the teaching of listening and
speaking before reading and writing . Its uses
dialogues as the main form of language presentation
and drills as the main training techniques .
The theory of language underlying the
Audio-lingual Method is Structuralism.
According to the structural view, language
has the following characteristics: Speech is
more basic to language than the written
form. Language structure and form are more
significant than meaning .
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The ALM is based on behaviorism :

language learning should become automatic
habit formation through drills and pattern
practice .
- Focus on the four skills .
- Focus on the language laboratory .
- No use of mother tongue .
- Importance of dialogue .
- Teacher dominated .
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Dialogues : Drills :
- Repetition
- Inflection
- Replacement
- Restatement
- Transformation
- Completion
- Expansion
- Contraction
- Integration
Teacher :
- Central and active . Learner :
- Model of target - They can be directed
language . by skilled training
- Controls the process of techniques .
learning . - reactive role .
- Monitors and controls - do not initiate
the learners interaction .
performance .
- It develops listening andstudents skills
effectively .
- Vocabulary is via visual aids .
- Students learn correct and proper
pronunciation .
-This method is helpful when we aim to
teach a large group of students
- Equal importance is not given to all four
skills at the time.
- Meaning is neglected.
- Teacher dominated method.
- A mechanical method because of only
pattern practice and memorization.
- Profitable for the hard-working learners.
The audio Lingual method was declined because
of Noam Chomsky’s revelation, that language is
not acquired by imitate behavior. Therefore, the
whole idea of the method, that learners are only
imitate and learn from what they hear, is wrong.
These revelations created a crisis in the American
language teaching which led to the Downfall of the
audiloligualism .