What is linguo-cultural teaching and learning? Linguo-cultural teaching and learning

The characteristics of ALM in FLT

1. Lessons begin with dialogues 2. Mimicry and memorization are used, based on the assumption that language is habit formation 3. Pronunciation is stressed from the beginning 4. Grammatical structures are sequenced and rules are taught inductively 5. Skills are sequenced: listening, speaking, reading, writing postponed 6. Vocabulary is severely limited in initial stages 7. A great effort is made to prevent learning errors. 8. Language is often manipulated without regard to meaning or context 9. The teacher must be proficient only in the structures, vocabulary.

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    Write about techniques used in ALM
    

1. Repetition drill: this drill is often used to teach the lines of the dialogue. Students are asked to repeat the teacher’s model as accurately and as quickly as possible.2. Single- slot substitution drill: the teacher says a line, usually from the dialogue. Next, the teacher says a word or a phrase (called cue). The students repeat the line from the dialogue which the teacher has given them, substituting the cue into the line in its proper place.3. Question-and-answer drill： this drill gives students practice with answering questions. The students should answer the teacher’s question very quickly.4. Expansion drill： this drill helps students to produce longer sentence bit by bit, gradually achieving fluency.5. Multiple- slot substitution drill: this drill is similar to the single- slut substitution drill.6. Backward build-up drill: this drill is used when a long line of dialogue is giving students trouble.7. Chain drill： a chain drill gets its name from the chain of conversation that forms around the classroom as students, one-by-one, ask and answer questions of each other.8. Complete the dialogue: selected words are erased from a dialogue students have learned. Students complete the dialogue by filling the blanks with the missing words. 9. Transformation drill: the teacher gives students a certain kind of sentence pattern, an affirmative sentence. 10. Use of minimal pairs： the teacher works with a pair of words which differ in only one sound; for example, ‘ship/ sheep’.

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