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**ELT TECHNIQUE 2 BY BÜŞRA ELMAS**
====Audio-Lingual Method can be accepted as one of the important ELT techniques. It is a style of teaching used in teaching foreign languages. It is based on behaviorist ideology, which professes that certain traits of living things, and in this case humans, could be trained through a system of reinforcement—correct use of a trait would receive positive feedback while incorrect use of that trait would receive negative feedback.This approach to language learning is similar to another, earlier method called the Direct Method.Like the Direct Method, the Audio-Lingual Method advises that students 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 Audiolingual Method does not focus on teaching vocabulary. Rather, the teacher drills students in the use of grammar. As mentioned, lessons in the classroom focus on the correct imitation of the teacher by the students. Not only are the students expected to produce the correct output, but attention is also paid to correct pronunciation. Although correct grammar is expected in usage, no explicit grammatical instruction is given. Furthermore, the target language is the only language to be used in the classroom. Audio-lingualism continues to be used today. Audio-lingual methodology seems to banish all forms of language processing that help students sort out new language information in their own minds. As this type of lesson is very teacher centered, it is a popular methodology for both teachers and students,====