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Reading Method vs. Audiolingual Method

The Reading Approach focuses on having students study vocabulary words from texts chosen at their level. Teachers explicitly teach grammar and structures and may have students translate texts. The primary aim is reading comprehension and test passing. The Audio-Lingual Method begins with dialog playback/recitation. Grammar is presented through pattern drills to automate responses. Pronunciation issues are addressed through minimal pairs. Key structures are practiced through games. Teachers reinforce correct utterances to increase frequency. The main aim is to introduce vocabulary, topics and situations to improve oral skills. The response indicates that neither approach fully aligns with the teacher's style. A combination of strategies, including extensive reading, pronunciation focus through minimal pairs, motivation through praise

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Reading Method vs. Audiolingual Method

The Reading Approach focuses on having students study vocabulary words from texts chosen at their level. Teachers explicitly teach grammar and structures and may have students translate texts. The primary aim is reading comprehension and test passing. The Audio-Lingual Method begins with dialog playback/recitation. Grammar is presented through pattern drills to automate responses. Pronunciation issues are addressed through minimal pairs. Key structures are practiced through games. Teachers reinforce correct utterances to increase frequency. The main aim is to introduce vocabulary, topics and situations to improve oral skills. The response indicates that neither approach fully aligns with the teacher's style. A combination of strategies, including extensive reading, pronunciation focus through minimal pairs, motivation through praise

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a. Discuss the differences between the Reading Approach and the Audio-Lingual Approach.

In a Reading Method class, students are given texts that are chosen appropriately based on their level
and then they are asked to study a list of words from the text. Teachers were responsible to teach
grammar and language structures explicitly and sometimes they ask the learners to translate the texts
into their mother tongue. In this method the primary aim of language learning is reading (lexical and
syntactic analysis of a written text) and making the students ready to use the language out of the
classroom isn’t considered. For students also, passing the test was the ultimate goal for learning a
language.

A typical Audiolingual Method (ALM) class begins with a dialogue played by a tape or presented by a
teacher and students are asked to repeat the conversation chorally and individually. Grammar
structures are presented by pattern drills which enables the students to answer the questions
automatically. Pronunciation problems will be solved by giving Minimal Pair exercises, and key
structures are practiced by grammar games. The teachers are asked to reinforce correct utterances by
rewarding the students to increase the chance of their reoccurrence. This method’s main aim was to
introduce frequent vocabularies, topics, and situations in a short period of time and to help the students
improve their oral skills.

b. Which approach most closely aligns with your current teaching style?

To be perfectly honest, after considering all the information we gathered about the learners and their
purpose of learning a language, a combination of some strategies based on these two teaching styles
can be useful for my own classes. I believe reading is a skill that we are dealing with every day, but in
real life it never happens in a vacuum, we now use reading to socialize with others on different websites
so it can more communicative today. Depending on different communicative situations, I may get my
students involved in various types of reading such as: Receptive Reading, Skim Reading, Scan Reading,
Reflective Reading and so forth. Guiding students to have some extensive readings as a self-study will be
very beneficial as well. I also encourage my students to practice native-like pronunciation and I use
minimal-pairs to clarify phonological elements. I try to make my students more motivated by praising
them and I believe, repeating and practicing through some games will add the element of fun to all the
classes and will give the students a chance to develop accuracy and fluency in speaking.

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