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3. AUDIOLINGUALISM The Army Method (Features (Strong sequence of skills…
3. AUDIOLINGUALISM
The Army Method
Origin & Assumptions
SKINNER
Radical Behaviourist Theory
Stimulus - Response (aka Operant Conditionaing)
Language learning is habit formation
Features
No L1
Strong sequence of skills importance
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Error avoidance
Typical of CD language courses
Inductive grammar teaching
T as model
The Audio-Visual Method introduced video to the process
Criticisms
Risk of meaninglessness (a response can be supplied without knowing the meaning)
Inauthentic materials/dialogues
SS have little control over output
Process
T models target phrase/form
SS listen and repeat
T modifies an element of the target form (substitution drilling)
Backwards (expansion) drilling
Chain drilling (one student to next)
Transformation drilling (e.g. change from pos to neg)