COMPARE AUDIO-LINGUAL METHOD AND SILENT WAY

COMPARE AUDIO-LINGUAL METHOD AND SILENT WAY

Audio-lingual method

1.The goals of the teacher in this method is the students have to be able to use the target language communicatively.
2.The role of the teacher is directing and controlling the language behavior of her students and providing her students with a good model for imitation for students. They follow the teacher directions as rapidly as possible. They active to each other.
3.The dialogs are learned through imitation and repetition or drills.
4.In drills, there is students and students interaction. The teacher as a direction.

Silent way

1.The goals of the teacher in this method is students should be able to use the language for self-expression to express their thought and feelings.
2.The role of the teacher is to provide exercises to insure their facility with language. And the rule of the students is to make use of what they know and to actively engage in exploring the language.
3.Students begin their study of the language through its basic building blocks its sound. These are introduced through a language, specific sounds, color chart. Relying on what sounds students already know from their knowledge of their native language. And the teacher asks the students to describe their reactions to the lesson.
4.In this interaction, the teacher is silent. He is still active but he is also listening attentively to students speech.