英语教学法听说法TheAudiolingualMethod.pptxVIP

会计学1 Company LogoBackground The entry of US into WWII (1941) Army Specialized Training Program 1942 (ASTP) ---enable students attain conversational proficiency of foreign languages Army Method Audiolingual Method (1950s)第1页/共17页 Company LogoBackground The University of Michigan developed the first English Language Institute in 1939.Charles Fries thinks the structure of the language was identified with its basic sentence patterns and grammatical structure. Pattern Practice was a basic classroom technique. “General form” of textbooks: A lesson began with work on pronunciation, morphology, and grammar, followed by drills and exercises.第2页/共17页 Company LogoBackground Audiolingual Method Combination of structural linguistic theory, contrastive analysis, aural-oral procedures, and behaviorist psychology. 第3页/共17页 Theory of Language Structural Linguistics Traditional approaches to the study of language had linked the study of language to philosophy and to a mentalist approach to grammar. In structural linguistics language was viewed as a system of structurally related elements for the encoding of meaning, the elements being phonemes, morphemes, words, structures, and sentence types. An important tenet of structural linguistics was that the primary medium of language is oral: Speech is language第4页/共17页 Company LogoTheory of Learning Behavioral psychology The occurrence of behavior is dependent on three crucial elements in learning: stimulus (serves to elicit behavior), response (triggered by a stimulus) and reinforcement (serves to mark the response as being appropriate and encourages repetition) . Reinforcement is vital element in learning process, because it increases the likelihood of that the behavior will occur again and eventually become a habit. 第5页/共17页 Company LogoTheory of Learning Some central learning principles: Foreign language learning is basically a process of mechanical habit formation. Language skills are learned more effectively if