The Audiolingual Method

英语教学法

THE AUDIOLINGUAL METHOD

The Audiolingual Method is also called Aural-oral or Structure Approach.We all know that the procedure of learning English is listening, speaking,reading and writing. From the order of this procedure, we can see obviously that the Audiolingual Method is the first step to learn English and this method attach much importance on listening and speaking before reading and writing. In order to improve the two skills,what should the teachers emphasize in the classroom? They are dialogues and patten drills that teachers must use as the main form of language presentation. Now let me divide the Audiolingual Method into two parts:listening and speaking.

LISTENING

I recalled when i began to study English at grade five. Every English class,our teacher took a radio and asked us to listen to the tape from the basic phonetic. We repeated the phonetic again and again. Now as a college student,we can not confine the basic phonetic,but we started to learn the basic phonetic ,word and sentences. We called it English phonetic. It also turned to be o most useful for our pronunciation. Many students looked down upon this class,because they thought they have mastered the correct pronunciation already. But actually,we acquire a lot from this class.

As an English teacher,how to improve the listening skill? First and foremost,the teachers himself or herself must master clear tongue about the phonetic. He or she must help the students to put their tongues in the right position. I remembered my phonetic teacher. She asked us to take a mirror and looked our tongues. That is no doubt we benefited from this method a lot. Then,the teacher should listen carefully to every student's pronunciation one by one. It may be tedious and dreary,but they must stick to it.

SPEAKING

Also from my primary school,at that time,the dialogues in tho books are too short. So our teacher asked us to recite them. Every dialogue should be acted in the front of the classroom. In the speaking part,i think the most function is to practice the courage when facing the whole class as well as maintain the correct pronunciation. That is hard for most of students. After the class,majority of students can acquire the correct pronunciation,while they stand in the stage,their nervousness may lead to a bad work. That is the unpleasant work in the speaking.

I believe that practice makes perfect. Confidence is vital in speaking. So as to overcome this limitation,the students must grasp every chance to upgrade the confidence. We can see the champion in the speech context. All of them have taken part in lots of contexts,so they gain confidence and they can control their pronunciation well in the front of th stage. That is also the ability in speaking. In