CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The audio-lingual method or Army Method is a method used in teaching foreign languages. It is based on behaviorist theory, which postulates that certain traits of living things, and in this case humans, could be trained through a system of reinforcement.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -1960. The Audio-lingual Method (ALM) or audiolingualism grew out of foreign language teaching approaches developed during World War 2 at the University of Michigan in order to rapidly develop effective oral-aural skills in foreign languages for military personnel.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -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.