AUDIOLINGUAL METHODKEYLA CASTRO/CAROLINA MARISCALMETHODOLOGY IUNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS

Language is speech, not writing… language is a set of habits… teach the language, not about the language… a language is what its native speaker say, not what someone thinks they ought to say… languages are different” William Moulton, 1961.

The entry of the U.S into World War II had a significant effect on language teaching in america.

The U.S Government needed people whith fluency in other languages to work as a translators or interpreters.The Goverment ask to Universities to create a program for military personnel.ASTP, army specialized training program. By Leronard Bloomdield at Yale.

Dr. Charles Fries (1939 ); Michigan University. Depeloped the first English Language Institute in the U.S.Teaching English as a 2nd foreign language.

Theory of Language

Structuralism:- Grammatical rules- Structural Level (phonetic, phonemic,

morphological, syntax.- Behaviour

Theory of learning

Known as behavioral phycology Study of human behavior Stimulus, encourage the repetition.

Learner’s reaction to the stimulus Reinforcement, extrinsic aproval and

intrinsic self-satisfaction

Design

Objectives:- Short-range; training comprehention- Long-range; used by the native speaker Syllabus:- Contains the key items of phonology, morphology

and sintax.- In order to listening, speaking, reading and

writing. Types of learning and teaching activities:- Dialogue and drills are essential to classroom

practices.

Repetition Inflexion Replacement Restatmen Complention Transposition Expansion Contraction Transformation Intergration Rejoinder Restoration

Learner’s role

Teacher’s role

The role of instructional materials

BooksTape recorders AudiovisualLanguage laboratory

Procedure

Oral instruction Target language use Model dialogue; repetition, correction,

pronunciation, memorization Dialogue adapted Structure; used for pattern drills Textbook Follow-up activities; language laboratory

Repetion of a model dialogue. Teacher correct mistakes.

Adapted to the student’s interest. Key structures selected from the

dialogue. Textbooks reference. Follow-up activities

(4 skills) Follow-up activities at language

laboratory

The decline of audiolingualism

Reached its period of most widespread use in 1960.

Attaqued as being unsound in language and learning terms.

Professionals had short expectations in results.

Unable to transfer skills Boring and unsatisfying Chomsky’s theory,

Transformational theroy based on behaviour : “Language is not an habit structure, is creative and generated.”