Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching

The decline of Audioligualism

• Audiolingualism reached its period of most widespread use in the 1960s and was applied both to the teaching of foreign language in the United States and to the teaching of English as a second or foreign language.

Audiolingualism stresses the mechanistic aspects of language learning and language use.

• Audiolingualism stresses the mechanistic aspects of language learning and language use.

Total Physical Response (TPR)

• TPR is a language teaching method built around the coordination of speech and action; it attempts to teach language through physical motor activity. It was developed by James Asher, a professor of psychology at San Jose State University, California.