A Brief Discussion of the Audiolingual Method

Abstract

The Audiolingual Method was sometimes known as the “Army Method” or “Oral Approach”, it is a method in English teaching. Although the method began to fall for some reasons, Audiolingualism and those materials based on audiolingual principles continue to be widely used today and is still widely adopted in China. This paper examined the Audiolingual Method in the following aspects: introduction, features, advantages and disadvantages, application and my humble comments.