The
Situational Approach, or ‘Situational language teaching’, was the dominant approach
in British TEFL in the 1960s.
It is based
on behaviorist theory, which postulates that certain traits of living things,
and in this case humans, could be trained through a system of reinforcement.
The correct use of a trait would receive positive feedback while incorrect use
of that trait would receive negative feedback.
*Repetition.
*Inflection.
*Replacement.
*Restatement.
During the
1960s, as more visual technologies became available, the idea of ‘real-life situations’
as the defining settings for teaching specific features of language had spread
and the growing use of situational dialogues to illustrate how language was used
was a further move in the same meaning-oriented direction.
Disadvantages.
The
behaviorist approach to learning is now discredited. Many scholars have proved
its weakness.
ADVANTAGES.
Listening
and speaking skills are emphasized and, especially the former, rigorously
developed.
Conclusion.
Like
the direct method, the audio-lingual method advised that students should be
taught a language directly, without using the students' native language to
explain new words or grammar in the target language. However, unlike the direct
method, the audio-lingual method did not focus on teaching
vocabulary.
I really like the method , but maybe I wouldn't use it for all my students or for every activity , just for the especific ones like practice some words.
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