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where the teacher teaches through a system of reinforcement or
explains the material to the students, gives time to practice by
giving the students one or many sample problems, and give
feedback under the teacher’s control and guidance.
2. Steps in Conducting the Audio-lingual Method
Since the audio-lingual method is p r i m a r i l y an o r a l
approach to l a n g u a g e teaching, it is not surprising that
the process of teaching involves extensive oral instruction.
As far as possible, the target language is used as the medium of
instruction, and translation or use of native tongue is
discouraged. Classes of ten or less are considered optimal,
although larger classes are often the norm. Brooks, as cited
in Richards and Rodgers (1999: 58-59), list the procedures
that the teacher should adopt in using audio- lingual
method, those are:
1. Lesson begins with the modeling of the speaking
material by the teacher and the students follow
what the teacher said.
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