Language Teaching Methods: Audio-Lingual Method

Language Teaching Methods explores various methodologies of English language teaching. This was a joint project by Diane Larsen-Freeman and the U.S. Information Agency and was produced in 1990. This video demonstrates the Audio-Lingual Method with Michael Jerald.
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[@gozemcelfis5950]

This dialogue will haunt me forever now that I watched the entire video..

[@sdchicago]

Gözem Çelfiş Lol

[@RamazanKarakehya]

:D

[@myla2311]

This is the best summary about a video I ever read! Soooo acurate! hahahahahaha

[@melih-6471]

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[@Merrique]

Same 😂 😂 😂

[@knighttemplar2989]

No teacher will use one single method, and that's not the purpose of this video. The reason is to make teachers aware of the range of possibilities they have to face the different situations in class. Audiolingual method covers one part of students' needs and thanks to this method teachers can foster ss learning english in one way or another. Wonderful lesson and thanks to Diane for such great knowledge being shared to everyone interested in second language learning.

[@mercymalla1785]

Thanks

[@tojistan8596]

I realized that i've been using this method on myself for as long as i can remember. This method really works.

[@wileyumstead9236]

I bought the book, read the unit Audio- Lingual Method. This video follows the outline of the book very closely. Reread the unit, watched several other videos on KZbin. Worked well for me.

[@anasoares1884]

I've been looking for videos like for many years! Thank you for sharing.

[@chettrasen1637]

I’ve taught this method for my group and I’ve got full score of that. Amazing ❤

[@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717]

The intro reminds me of John Larroquette's monologue at the beginning of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre". This lady's delivery is excellent; I felt a serious sense of foreboding while listening to her into.

[@veenaga71]

I love it. It is brilliant. He is a great teacher too. Has a sense of humour to make the classes interesting.

[@brunocoriolano]

[2] I liked the drills (from the ALM) and I think we should use them in the classroom in order to provide students with more vocabulary. I liked when the teacher asked a student to perform the dialog. The way the teacher corrects the student is focusing on the ‘correct’ grammar structure seems to be a strong characteristic of this method.

[@urvashisangwan8858]

Needed to revisit how to model target language. Loved the drilling part, too. The backward drill was fun.

[@krisnafrsb]

The ALM can be used in some classes where you need to improve some basic structures but not for everyday use.

[@jiaxinyue2013]

It's improtant to learn all kinds of techniques in language teaching for pedagogy students

Hello mr Gerald , I remember you as one of the best teacher I have ever known!!!! , I met you in El Salvador.. My name is Maggie Guardado.

[@csjha4211]

Good

[@brunocoriolano]

[3] To be frank, this video showed students and the teacher having interaction and many people engaged and participating. The atmosphere in this lesson was good. Students were

[@hilalgunes8406]

this is not a real interaction, this is memorization.

[@brunocoriolano]

Áudio-Lingual surgiu a partir das idéias geradas pela psicologia behaviorista. Os alunos devem aprendê-la automaticamente sem parar para pensar, formando novos hábitos na língua alvo e superando os antigos hábitos de sua língua nativa. O conteúdo é sempre bastante estrutural, sendo apresentado em diálogos iniciais. Esses diálogos são aprendidos com memorização, imitação e repetição...

[@bluidsoncardenas]

i HAVE LEARNED USING THIS METHOD AND THESE TECHNIQUES

[@economist1881]

very very helpful and integrative. Thank you the teaching!

[@hemnadil8296]

It reminds me the English language sessions back in primary school.

[@roselynpadron3318]

It's an excellent teaching method because the teacher worked with different strategies, for example "role play" he was the salesman and the woman.

[@marcoscollado4417]

This method and the others like natural approach and total physical response are the best ones to teach those who are interested in speaking English, nevertheless, for those who want to learn the language deeply obviously must study Grammar deeply. So this method is perfect for people want to adquire the language and learn grammar subsconciously.

[@brunocoriolano]

... A partir deles, são conduzidos exercícios para fixação dos conteúdos e vocabulário. As repostas certas dos alunos são reforçadas positivamente com prêmios ou elogios. Gramática explícita.

[@yemmano7525]

I enjoyed, and I learnt. Thank you so much.

[@Az_estm]

1. The teacher role-played the dialogue by himself. (Presentation). What can we use instead of role-play nowadays? 2. Why did the teacher role-play the dialogue twice? 3. Why didn’t the teacher have the students read from a copy of a dialogue? 4. What was one of the main roles of the teacher in this lesson? 5. Language learning is a process of habit formation. What does it mean? 6. What does ‘backward buildup drill’ mean? 7. Why is it important to prevent students from making errors? 8. How do ‘a single slot substitution drill’ and ‘a question-and-answer drill’ work? 9. Why did the students see the written version of the dialogue at the very end of the lesson?

[@Az_estm]

The more often the students repeat something the stronger the habit and the greater is learning

[@jameshaider]

From Enamul Haque Shawon....From my point of view, I would like to suggest that you should emphasis on pair activities and group activities. Hopefully it would be efficient to all of its users.

[@ameenalgamal.9741]

Diane Larsen-Freeman is really great. I've got her book and benefited me extremely

[@muhammadjamil139]

really?

[@DIMAMelchior]

What an amazing teacher. Really fantastic ❤❤

[@shumaiyaduza984]

I second sakib on his points. and I also like to add a new point here. 1. The learners should ask to create different real life based situations similar to this video. It will make the class less boring and they will have fun to learn a new language.

[@MakeMoneyVLog]

Thank you very much. It's really helpful. Thanks!

[@matteoboldizzoni9870]

Happy for students that this method is not in use anymore. Can't think of anything more boring. And useless.

[@learningchinese2408]

They repeat the same thing too often!

[@Tommixist]

Actually this method may still be useful when dealing with some complicated grammar structures.

[@ainsleymoore9390]

If you use the Communicative Approach PPP framework to teach grammar, you will use the repetition, substitution, and transformation drills of ALM in the practice stage Mechanical drills section. They are useful for the memorization step of learning.

[@julioilsoza4167]

If I might give my opinion, I would not consider it useless. Today´s teaching tendencies and methodologies rely on many principles of this method. Constant repetition and recycling language are effective for language teaching.

[@luzsideral7185]

sadly my italien teacher thinks that this is still an apropiate methode in 2020...

[@ahmedmohammed501]

لThank you for amazing videos.

[@midia150]

FROM MOHIYAN HAQUE...."excellent teaching method i should say.the teacher applied both CLT and GTM method"..................

[@brunocoriolano]

[1] For a demonstrative lesson it is okay, but imagine this in progress in an everyday course. I guess, again, it is easy to use with the first levels but what about the upper-intermediate and advanced ones? I strongly feel that the communicative approach, mixed with other features from some other methods, is the best method, although we are in the post-method era, the communicative approach seems to be the most effective one.

[@ms.sunshine7625]

WIthout grammar instructions and rules, communication could not be flexible in specific contexts. Real-life situations are full of unexpected expressions and verbal responses. This method may be suitable for children classes only at the discretion of the teacher. Besides, students would be exhausted to be forced all the time.

[@nymph373]

Excellent work!

[@raisahasan2340]

The teacher is giving more emphasis to enhance the speaking and listening power. It is a very typical way. The teacher can present a real life scenario of that incident to his students. It may help the students' to understand the situation better and they can communicate with others in their practical life.

[@zohurs]

But isn't he presenting a real life scenario?

[@raisahasan2340]

Yes sir, he is. but I want to show them a real life conversation between a homemaker and a salesman. Or I would have suggested them to go to a grocery or any kind of shop. Then, they can have the idea of 'seller and buyer' conversation. I would like to pursue them to write an experience of their own about this 'selling or buying' thing. It will be very helpful for the students because then they can relate their real life situation with the conversation. At the same time it will help them to develop their communicative skill. The most important thing is, if the whole idea proves effective for the learners then it will help the learners to meet with four main skills.

[@oranglain7423]

I'm enjoyed the whole video, i love this.

[@Sunny14136]

Great video for illustrating ALM!

[@JBfan88]

yes, of course I would!

[@aaliahmansoor5494]

Damn I need that vacuum cleaner now! :')

[@BODA433]

What about your husband🤔

[@monteroblog2686]

Hahaha

[@suzaneveiga2023]

I think the students enjoyed the class! The problem was the looong time spent on pronunciation accuracy, because the way you pronounce a word/sentence varies even within the same native country, imagine if you speak as a foreign language student. This is the accent charm. Homework was memorization Why???

[@MR-kw4oh]

That was a critique to the audio lingual method

[@ImaginecoursesEu]

'The other person is a woman or we could call her a housewife'. Mimes being a housewife by holding a bowtie on his head - 'because my husband does all the cleaning in our house'. Mimes being the salesman disappointed somehow the housewife doesn't do any cleaning - "awwwww". Facepalm and LOL!

[@rodrigocenteno79]

After model the whole pronunciation about the conversation he used at the end of the lesson the method tranformation drill

[@foibemwanyekange3646]

This method is amazing.

[@mediatarq1407]

Now im gonna do this for my micro teaching😍thank you🥰

[@mortallandao3194]

That's wonderful

[@yaraa8468]

I really need someone teach me : Grammar Translation Method , Direct Method , Audio Lingual Method and Total Physical Response . I have exame on Monday 😭😭😭😭😭

[@julioilsoza4167]

So many years after your comment, tell me. How was that exam?

[@alieren255]

6 years later, it is my turn to have this exam. How did you do it? 😄

[@yassine9871]

Now, it is my turn hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@yaraa8468]

Julio IL Soza I graduated with good grade in 2015 .. Now I’m a teacher 🤭

[@yaraa8468]

yassine9871 hhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I graduated with good grade in 2015 .. Now I’m a teacher 🤭 teaching second grade .. And I never followed any of those teaching methods 😆

[@enesugur1998]

Galip hoca sevdalilarina iyi aksamlar

[@mehmetdinler9258]

😄 😄 😄 😄 😄

[@aysenursinop8103]

Galip kartal?

[@oxygen-zw7sx]

1 yıl geçmiş hala aynı video demek ki iyi akşamlar...

[@bilgeozturk3523]

İyi günler😄

[@bilgeozturk3523]

@@aysenursinop8103 Evet 🙂😄

[@user-lc9ol3vg8m]

We watched this video.It was very strange, but interesting.They did the production ,repeated the sentences,it seemed to us funny. Thus,it improves memory and vocabulary .Thank you teacher 😊😄😄

[@user-rf1ub6vm9d]

Thank you so much, it's really helpful Thanks

[@ayhancapan]

Thanks for sharing...

[@sihinthasabin8630]

if i were the instructor then at first i will provided them some handouts regarding this request function then show them the video and after that tell them to add some more situation regarding this context and portrait it in their own way with distinctive approaches with their peer groups.

[@asmaemaimouni2050]

where can i find the other vidoes about the other methods

[@Teacher_Sam]

It would be better using this method to children rather than adults. for adults, this way of learning is little bit childish.

[@tasfiamohosana9604]

If I were the teacher of this class I would provide the written form of the dialogue while the practice is going on. After completing practice, I would show a video of requesting and responding to the request in a different context. Then I would divide the whole class into pairs and ask them to choose a situation and prepare their own dialogue in the light of the practiced conversation. Appreciation would be given to them by clapping after each performance.

[@thovu5313]

This method should be used with other because if you use this method only, I suppose it will not work well as you expected

[@TheRealGnolti]

My first impression is that ALM as demonstrated here is not suited for anything like a communicative language approach. There is much to be said for parroting as a pronunciation technique -- suprasegmentals especially -- but telling students what to say rather than eliciting what they want to say or ask or communicate about has real limits.

[@MrJoyeeta]

From my point of view the teacher's technique is not less interesting.But he can also use GTM method CLT method so that the student's find it more interesting & they can understand the thing very easily.

[@marycollamat6513]

thanks

[@TheTeddybell]

now i understand much better

[@Murtada_Red]

I love it. ❤

[@midnight851]

Linguistics student watching this demonstration for one of my courses. Ouch! I can't grasp why the slot substitution is framed as a grammar drill. But this is a great succinct demonstration of a behaviorist-rooted methodology, as much as I cringe at the methodology. Loved seeing the playful talk, though!

[@rahafbenjamin6678]

I enjoyed the lesson 😁😁

[@trickortreat9436]

The audio lingual method chooses to emphasize two aspect of language,namely listening and speaking..with the belief that the learners who are better listners and speakers consequently make better readers and writers

[@mnahil_elmofti]

Helpful ♥️

[@romlahrasyid9701]

Waw wonderful 🙏

[@sevgitekel5866]

İlk salesmane bravo, oscarlık oyunculuk gerçekten

[@afrozairin8438]

Thank you mam

[@kimchungnguyen9014]

I personally think Audio-lingual Method would work on children learners more effectively than on aldult

[@csjha4211]

Good

[@shauncoop74]

I like the teacher's style, use of humour and phonology, but I'm not really sure what the linguistic aims of this lesson are...

[@faisalhasan1300]

When u speak to someone and u pay attention on grammar for someone New its not a conversation more like speak in learning, when u talk look what the People Who you talk with is he a native or still adapting on english

[@Toulupalia]

We did something similar in my Korean classes, didn't work :/

[@alexanderrogers6862]

which book on how to teach English to esl's is best in ur opinion?

[@leeielts4031]

They all have faults but some good ones are New Cutting Edge, English File 3rd Edition, New English File, Language to Go (Upper intermediate is better). Also Betty Azar's and Raymond Murphy's Grammar Books are okay too. Swann's Grammar in Use is good. Becoming a Language Teacher by Elaine Kolker Horwitz is good to learn to teach. Learning Teaching Scrivner and Jermery Harmer are good too. Parrot's Grammar for English Language Teachers. Learner English by Swann. The How to Teach series Thornbury et al. Teaching Unplugged is good.

[@MustafaMustafa-lj4vo]

Where is the rest of the vedio?

[@ramajanenglishtrainer2168]

helpful

[@user-tk5xm6dm4l]

nice

[@martasuarez1568]

I don't think they even understand what they are repeating

[@sakibnawaz5240]

The teacher shows a better way to teach language. However, I am going with my teacher Mr. Zohur Ahmed as he suggest to give some written form. I want to add two new things 1. Pair work 2. Written from with picture. I mean graphical or pencil sketch of the whole act. (because I think the pictures will give the students an involvement with the situation)

[@2010douggy]

Well, friend, I'm ignorant about methodologies, but as far as I know, the last two steps of audiolingual is reading and writing. I have adopted this in my classrooms. Besides that, I couldn't agree more with you when you said their should be more free interaction.

[@lindolfonascimento4122]

Sakib Nawaz

[@suzaneveiga2023]

Repeat "The cleanest house in town"! The man's face was help, I can't pronounce that rsrsrs

[@noorhekmat894]

I need summary of this book Teachinques

[@narayan1916]

this method is purpose/level-specific and trying to apply it for all lg learners is merely a fun.... why our expertise is put to a side !

[@jannatultabassum7686]

This approach is good enough.but much improvement could have been added to this.i like the fact that the instructor is using a real situation.but repeating the same lines makes me boring. i think the students also might have felt monotonous at some point.if i was the instructor i would have asked the students to make sentences in that structure and i would have involved them in such a way that they keep interested through whole process.

[@rodrigocenteno79]

15:00 role play between them

[@marcosbasilio5502]

It doesn't matter what method you use, if the teacher doesn't have charisma even using treats and the lastest teaching method won't do.

[@SM-qh3xk]

وينهم الحين؟

[@royjoseph7367]

Please new learners what do you say do not understand please text and audio , Thank you

[@ayabennaoua5032]

Hhhhhh I like it But I think it will be more useful and enjoyable for young learners more than adults .

[@leeielts4031]

If it used for the pronunciation and fluency part of the class and it is handled well, it is a very fun and useful way to practice. It really helps students who suffer from anxiety when speaking.

[@linguisticsdrums9215]

I remember really enjoying participating in such exercise with the attractive girls in my class.

[@somedude7040]

The teacher gave up on the Asian guy rather quickly. Monitoring is NOT symbolic!

[@UsuFrusto]

Diane Larsen reminds me of Miss Rottenmeier

[@rodrigocenteno79]

10:38 " concentrate in memorazing

[@rodrigocenteno79]

11:29 grammar practice

[@senas857]

i wanna meet with this teacher =) i feel like ı am not whatching video he is training me =)

[@rodrigocenteno79]

First they listen and after that they repeat full class then one by one and at last they repeat by groups group A group b

[@milisab2994]

I need some how teach me I have an exam

[@youssefzaki1431]

Outdated, but who knows ???? it may work somewhere !

[@kiwidogi]

I wonder if Mr. Jerald is still alive. I searched for his name but couldn't find any information.

[@Veronica-lz7nb]

He is still alive- he is my grandfather😊

[@kiwidogi]

@@Veronica-lz7nb nice to hear that, i came back after almost 2 years just to listen to him again.

[@mehmetgunesklc2484]

Grammar translation method is even more efficient

[@laolee2386]

Now audio-lingual method is kind of out-of-date. That is a methold commonly used in the time when the slide had not reach the general population.

[@afrozaluna4393]

from afroza luna here students are look like talking parrot........what their teacher told them to do they were doing that by memorizing it which is not good for students always. but i cannot deny the effort of this teacher. so according to me i want to add few things like - 1. if written form provide by the teacher 2. students also have to know that beside this dialogue they have much more to say or to face in real 3. teaching style should be more realistic not artificial

[@zohurs]

I appreciate the effort of the teacher. However, it is a bit artificial to teach language this way. Students should be provided with some written texts too.

[@safwatkhan10]

I concur too, writing helps develop the skills which are required to be able to manipulate a language.

[@chpoptart]

They get the written text at the end.