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The Audio-lingual Method and Communicative Language Teaching

What is communicative approach to a language teaching? Attempt a comparative study between Communicative language teaching and audio lingual method. The audio-lingual method (ALM), also known as ‘ Army Method’ or ‘ New Key ’,is a method for teaching foreign languages  advocated by Charles Fries , the director of the English Language Institute at the University of Michigan , developed in the USA in 1939 .The Method arises as a direct result of the need for foreign language proficiency in listening and speaking skills during and after World War II.  Now we will discuss what the Audio-lingual method is,what its principals is, what typical techniques employed in this method, the limitation and how it differs from communicative language teaching and direct or natural method and grammar translation of method. The definition of audio-lingual method: 161 To define the audio-lingual method Wikipedia writes: “The audio-lingual method, Army Method, or New Key, is a sty...