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             MAIN CHARACTERISTICS  OF THE METHOD            

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             MAIN CHARACTERISTICS  OF THE METHOD            

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A method of foreign language teaching which emphasizes the teaching of listening and speaking before reading and writing. It focuses on oral skills. It aims to improve students’ speaking achievement, listening skills their automatic response as well as to develop pronunciation and intonation.

Language items are presented to students in spoken form without reference to the mother tongue so that they can learn language skills effectively.

Mother tongue is discouraged in the classroom. The teacher uses only English and encourages students to communicate without using their mother tongue.

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✅ oral - based aproach (teaching students in the use of grammatical patterns)

✅ Students learn through repetition, imitation

❌ no native language in the classroom

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✳️ active role - control and direct the whole learning program (their language and behaviour)

✳️mediator - lead the class make students participate

✳️monitor and correct the students' performance

✳️keep the attention of the students by varying the exercises and tasks (different types of drills)

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✴️passive role - they do not have any control over the content of the method of learning

✴️active participation - to participate actively during the learning process

✴️listening to the teacher - to follow the teacher's directions (and respond quickly)

✴️listen & speak - a high level of listening and speaking skills is expected (becouse they learn through listening as well as repetition and imitation the teacher's directions)

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❇️Backward build-up drill

The teacher brakes down the line into several parts then the students repeat a part of the sentence

✓example - the teacher says a word and asks students to repeat after him - thy repeat it a few times,

e.g. sightseeing - - - go sightseeing - - - want to go sightseeing - - - - I want to go sightseeing

❇️Repetition drill

Students are asked to repeat the teacher’s model as accurately and as quickly as possible.

❇️Chain drill

The students form one-by-one conversation, ask and answer questions of each other

✓ The teacher asks the students to sit in the circle and starts by making a sentence or asking a questions - the next students is supposed to create a sentence (or answer the questions) and then the other students do the same , basing on the previous ones.

❇️Substitution drill (Multiple-Slot and Single-Slot)

A substitution drill is a classroom technique which involves the teacher first modelling a word or a sentence and the learners repeating it. The teacher then substitutes one or more key words and the learners say the new structure.

✓ e.g I go to the cinema (now) ---> I am going to the cinema.

✓ it can be also a sentence with a blank to practice specific grammar point,

e.g I can____ ---> I can ride a bike.

❇️Transformation drill

The students practice to change the sentence pattern ( for example they change active sentence into passive one).

✓ e.g He wrote five books ---> Five books were written by him.

❇️Question and answer drill

The students answer the teacher's questions, they should do it quickly.

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Here we have an example of Multiple-Slot Substitution Drill and Backward build-up drill!

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Here we have an example of Multiple-Slot Substitution Drill and Backward build-up drill!

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Personally, I believe that Audio Lingual method is one of the most effective methods, especially for the youngest learners - they learn best through hearing and repeating. I choose this method all the time because I mostly work with younger students - they really love repeating and different types of drills. I also have my "own" method ---> I say some structures but I ask my students to repeat it in different ways (like a robot, like a cat, louder, quieter) - it's a lot of fun and what's the most important? It really works!

I also think that students really like creating their own sentences and using their imagination - for example if you use substitution drill, the students have chance to use their own ideas(even though it is told that it can be boring and you communicte less). If you often use the Audio Lingual method then te students are not afraid of speaking the target language because they know the basis.

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developing listening and speaking skills

visual aids, actions, pictures, and realia

functional and easy

correct pronunciation (it helps to develop clear and correct habits from the beginning)

correcting errors and avoidding them (it increases understanding and awarness)

zero native language (the students

spoken language

habit (regular practice through drills helps form language habits and then it is easier for them to use the specific structures)

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limited vocabulary (coused by being focus on specific drills)

two skills (basing only on two skills and little focus on communication - accuracy and structure is more wanted)

mechanical method (repeating the specific grammar structures)

teacher-dominated method (students rely on the teacher, students' opportunities are limited)

the passive role of the learner

no grammatical explanation

boring/ repetitive (for example for some learners) - it may lead to reducing the students' motivation for learning