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the audiolingual method - Coggle Diagram
the audiolingual method
Gained attention in the 1950s, largely in the USA where it was rooted in the military's need during World War II to train large volumes of personnel in disparate languages.
The Audio-lingual Method is still in use today, though normally as a part of individual lessons rather than as the foundation of the course.
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presentation of new structural patterns and vocabulary through oral repetition and memorization of scripted dialogues
oral pattern-drills of key structures from dialogues (repetition drills, chain drills, substitution drills...)
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use of tapes, visual aids and ultimately language labs
reading and written work based on earlier oral work, sometimes given as homework
it assumed that a human being can be trained using a system of reinforcement. Correct behaviour receives positive feedback, while errors receive negative feedback.
This approach to learning is similar to the Direct Method, in that the lesson takes place entirely in the target language.
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The method’s insistence on repetition and memorization of standard phrases ignored the role of context and knowledge in language learning. As the study of linguistics developed, it was discovered that language was not acquired through a process of habit formation, and that errors were not necessarily bad.