The Audio Lingual Method

It is based on the structural view of language and the behaviorist theory of language learning. This method says that language is a process of habit formation and focus on drills.

Comments:

• stress the use of the target language as the mother tongue is "banished" form the classroom;
• Speaking and listening competences precedes the reading and writing competence.

Bibliography

Castagnaro, Peter J. "Audiolingual Method and Behaviorism: From Misunderstanding to Myth". Applied Linguistics. Oxford Press, 2006.

Paulston, Christina B. "Sructural Pattern Drills: A Classification". Foreign Language Annals.

Vol 4, Issue 2, 2008.

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