CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The founders of the Audiolingualism Method, Lado, Fries, and others, not only possessed a convincing and powerful linguistic theory but also worked under the influence of the prominent school of psychology-the behavioral psychology.

Detailed explanation-3: -The audiolingual approach was also based on the behaviourist theory of learning, which held that language, like other aspects of human activity, is a form of behaviour. In the behaviourist view, language is elicited by a stimulus and that stimulus then triggers a response.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.