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several times. When an error occurred the teacher encouraged students to correct it
themselves. No native language was used.
· Traditional: audio-lingual method
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Audiolingual method
Communicative language use
Automatic use (habit formation)
Teacher is a model for imitation
Dialogues, drills (substitution, transformation, chain, etc)
Right answers are positively reinforced
Reading and written work is based on oral work
Teacherled interaction
Simple forms (everyday language)
Focus on language structures
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The goals are drilling communicative skills, drilling and repeating simple forms
(everyday language). It was a teacher-led interaction, they focused on language
structures: complete sentences: questions and answers. No native language was used.
The teacher encouraged students with compliments: Good job! Well-done! The