... were required to go to great lengths to avoid using the native language when sometimes a simple brief explanation in the native tongue would have been a more efficient route to comprehension."" The method proved to be time consuming and was considered by some to be impractical "in view of the restricted time available for foreign language teaching in schools."" What followed ... grammar or the literature of the language. Brooks distinguished the objectives of the audio lingual approach' 1964 as being either long or short-range objectives. The short range' objectives included listening c...

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... objectives, two types of objectives were distinguished, those of the short-term and those of the long-term. The short-term objectives include as Brooks (1964) has stated, "training in listening comprehension, accurate pronunciation, and recognition of speech symbols and reproduction of these symbols in writing. The long-term objectives include mastery of native-like language. The Audio-lingual Method benefits from ... and weaknesses. It is the only method so far based on the dominant linguistic and learning theory of its age. It has emphasized accurate pronunciation and enhanced auditor...

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... growing opportunities for meeting different nations, the use of languages especially the English language now assume even greater importance than before. Simultaneously, speaking and listening skills are emphasised more as a way of successful and fluent communication. Since the whole world is getting more and more utilitarian there is also ... I suppose the most important is to find texts that are both interesting and accessible to the students at their given level. The reading comprehension questions used in the Grammar-Translation Method can be very useful for working on the text furth...

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... major obstacles to acquisition and fluent production of foreign languages. Maclntyre and Gardner defined FLA as the feeling of tension and apprehension specifically associated with second language contexts, including speaking, listening, and learning; and Horwitz et al. described language anxiety as " a distinct complex of self-perceptions, beliefs, feelings, and behaviors related to classroom language learning arising from the uniqueness of ... be learned rather than practicing speaking (Catherine Collier146). There are several advantages that TPR holds. One of them is to involve proce...

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