The Principles of the Audio LIngual Method
- Language learning works best with a context.
- Try not to mix the L1 and L2 so interference does not occur.
- Teachers are used as role models for the language. Students will mimic the correct form.
- Language learning is habit. Repeat and drill often.
- Correct errors immediately. Do not allow bad habits to develop.
- Language is for communication.
- Substitution drills help students understand how language works.
- Positive reinforcement is good for changing habits.
- Verbal, and non verbal ( flashcards, pictures) stimuli are used in class.
- Students learn to answer automatically, without thinking first.
- Grammar structures come first, vocabulary will follow.
- Rules will be induced from using examples.
- Follow the natural order that children do when language learning; listening, speaking,reading then writing.
- The teacher has a responsibility to teach the culture of the target language users.