What is Audiolingual method?
The '''Audiolingual Method''' is a method for [[teaching]] [[wikt:foreign|foreign]] [[language]]s. [[Linguist]]s at the [[University]] of [[Michigan]] invented this [[wiktionary:Method|method]] in the late [[1950]]s. In the Audiolingual method, [[student]]s first hear a language. Later, they [[speech|speak]] the language, and after that, they read and write in it. This way of language teaching is similar to the [[Direct Method]]. Like the Direct Method, the Audiolingual Method does not use the students’ native language. For example, if you are in an [[English language|English]] class in [[Turkey]], the teacher only speaks English, and no [[Turkish language|Turkish]]. However, unlike the Direct Method, the Audiolingual Method does not teach [[vocabulary]]. Rather, the teacher drills [[grammar]]. In the Audiolingual method, grammar is most important for the student. In other words, the student must repeat [[grammar]] patterns after the teacher. The students do not learn lots of vocabulary. This method also uses [[psychology]]. The students get a reward for speaking correctly. They get punishment if they speak incorrectly; because it is based on habit formation, which is establishesd by [[stimulus]], response and [[Operant conditioning|reinforcement]]. It gives priority to speaking the target language, and using the native language is not allowed. {{stub}} [[Category:Language education]]