1. UNIVERSIDAD LATINA DE COSTA RICA
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Didactics in English Teaching
Facilitator: MSc. Carlos Mayorga Wilmer Quiros Pérez.
Audio-lingual method.
In the audio-lingual method the teacher looks that, the students use the target
language to communicate, to achieve this, the student has to overlearn the
language and be able to use it as natural as possible. It is necessary to create
habits with the target language over the old habits built in the native language.
For the application of this method the teacher is the leader in the classroom, he is
the person in charge of direct and control the language and behavior of the
students. Indeed the teacher has to be a good model for the students, because in
this method the students are imitators of the teacher’s model.
The Audio-lingual method introduce the vocabulary and structural patterns through
the dialogues. The dialogues are teach over imitation and repetition. When the
student successful response receive positively reinforce. Studentsreading and
writing activity is based upon the oral activities, which carried out before.
The interaction happen between students but is guided by the teacher and main
interaction is between teacher and student, which are started by teacher.
The language is viewed in daily speech pattern is emphasized. Its complexity is
adjusted according to level of students. Culture includes as having everyday
behavior and lifestyle of the target language speakers.
The audio-lingual methodpresent the four linguistic skills, but make an emphasis in
the skills related to the oral expression. The pronunciation has an important role in
this process, and is teach from the beginning.
The native language of the student might cause problem in the mastering of the
target language, reason why the native language of the students is not used in the
class.
The evaluation of the students’ knowledge can be measure by asking at the
students to distinguish sounds between similarly sound-structured words and
providing appropriate verb form in a sentence.
Usually the teacher is aware of the difficulties and student errors to be corrected
immediately.

2. UNIVERSIDAD LATINA DE COSTA RICA
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Didactics in English Teaching
Facilitator: MSc. Carlos Mayorga Wilmer Quiros Pérez.