CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The basic principles of the Audio-lingual Method can be listed as follows: 1) Language forms occur most naturally within a context. 2) The native language should be kept apart in order to prevent its interference on the target language. 3) The major role of the teacher is that of a model of the target language.

Detailed explanation-2: -Audio-lingualism is a method of foreign language teaching where the emphasis is on learning grammatical and phonological structure, especially for speaking and listening. It is based on behaviourism and so relies on formation as a basis for learning, through a great deal of mechanical repetition.

Detailed explanation-3: -Like the direct method, the audio-lingual method advised that students should be taught a language directly, without using the students’ native language to explain new words or grammar in target language. However, unlike the direct method, the audio-lingual method did not focus on teaching vocabulary.

Detailed explanation-4: -Audio-lingual method (ALM) was developed on two prominent theories: behaviorism and structuralism. Behaviorism explained that human behavior could have been developed through reinforcement. Thus ALM believed that to learn second language, a learner had to be given a sequence of stimulus, response, and reinforcement.