History of Audio Lingual Approach Quiz

What is ASTP?

• Association of Science Technology and Transfer

• The Army Specialized Training Program

• Advanced Space Transportation Program

• Assisted School Travel Program

Answer explanation

The Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) was established in 1942.

Who does the informant method relate to?

• Charles Fries

• John B. Watson

• Roman Jakobson

• Leonard Bloomfield

Answer explanation

Leonard Bloomfield (April 1, 1887 – April 18, 1949) was an American linguist who led the development of structural linguistics in the United States during the 1930s and the 1940s.

What is informant method?

• recitation and memorization

• pronunciation and intonation in foreign language patterns.

• memorization and repetition in simple foreign language patterns.

• pronunciation and memorization

Who invented the Aural-Oral Approach?

• Charles Fries

• Roman Jakobson

• Edward Sapir

• George Lakoff

Answer explanation

Charles Fries, director of the first English Language Institute at Michigan University.

According to Fries, language should be taught by using “intensive oral drilling of its basic patterns”

According to this sentence, what does this method emphasize?

• none of them

• repetition and pronunciation

• recitation and memorization

• pronunciation and intonation

..........is the systematic study of a pair of languages with a view to identifying their structural differences and similarities.

• Audio-Lingual Approach

• Contrastive Analysis

• Informant Method

• Direct Approach

Audio Lingual Approach based on .......... theory.

• behaviorist

• nativism

• constructivism

• social interactionism

''the emphasis was not on the understanding of words, but rather on the acquisition of structures and patterns in common everyday dialogue. These patterns are elicited, repeated and tested until the responses given by the student in the foreign language are automatic.''

Which approach is directly related to the above definition?

• Direct

• Grammar Translation

• Communicative

• Audio-Lingual