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WEAKNESSES OF AUDIOLINGUALISM

AS PRESENTED BY SARAH AND VICTORIA

AUDIO LINGUAL METHOD

WEAKNESSES

A BRIEF BACKGROUND

• Wilga Rivers released a critique of the method in her book The Psychologist and the Foreign Language Teacher in 1964. Subsequent research by others inspired by her book produced results which showed explicit grammatical instruction in the mother tongue to be more productive.
• Philip Smith's study from 1965 to 1969, termed the Pennsylvania Project provided significant proof that audio lingual methods were less effective than a more traditional cognitive approach involving the learner's first language. These among others led to a rapid decline in the popularity of audiolingualism.

WEAKNESSES

Basic method of teaching is repetition, speech is standardized and pupils turn into parrots who can reproduce many things but never create anything new or spontaneous. Pupils become better at pattern practice but are unable to use the patterns fluently in natural speech situations.

Mechanical drills of early audio visual approach as being boring and mindless. They were also counterproductive, if used beyond initial introduction to new structure.

WEAKNESSES

New materials necessitated extensive use of equipment with all associated problems of black out, and carrying tape recorders from classroom to classroom. Equipment could break down. Also, hardware involved extra time, worry and problems and for this reason alone, its use gradually faded.

It is very boring especially for the smart students because of repetition. Students become disinterested after some time and lose focus.

WEAKNESSES

Vocabulary acquisition is limited in this method.

Oral skills receive more attention than written skills.

GROUP TWO

• SARAH NORMENYO 10482591

• VICTORIA ASOMANING 10491473