The Audio-Lingual method of teaching had its origins during World War I when it became known as the Army Method. The armies needed to become orally proficient in the languages of their allies and enemies as quickly as possible. This was first method to be based on linguistic theory and behavioral psychology. This suggests that students be taught phonology, morphology, and syntax of the language

We also learned in class that there are exercises that are used to teach structural patterns.

This method emphasizes the teaching of listening and speaking before reading and writing. It uses dialogues as the main form of language presentation and drills as the main training techniques.

Its basic principles are:
• Separation of language skills into listening, speaking, reading and writing.
• Use of dialogues as the chief means of presenting the language.
• Emphasis on certain practice techniques: mimicry, memorization and pattern drills.
• Discouraging the use of the mother tongue in the classroom.

Based on Skinner's Behaviorism theory, it assumed that a human being can be trained using a system of reinforcement. Correct behavior receives positive feedback, while errors receive negative feedback.


Examples:

1.Repetition drill is oftern used to teach the lines of the dialogue. 2.Susbtitution drill: the students reapet the line from the dialogue the teacher has given them, susbstituing the cue into the line on its proper place. 3.Question and answer drill this is a drill that fives students practice with answering questions. 4.Transformation frills: students change sentence.

In all the previous examples, our teacher showed us in class with group activities on the subject about it to understand it in a better way.