The Audio-lingual Method This method arose as a result for the need of foreign language proficiently in both listening and speaking skills directly following the Second World War. This approach is closely linked with the psychological movement of behaviorism and thus, has as its main focal points, drilling, repetition and habit-formation. Lessons under the ALM […]

Psycholinguistics (sometimes referred to as the psychology of language) refers to the study of the neurobiological and psychological factors that enable human beings to comprehend, acquire and produce language. Stemming from this field of linguistics, areas such as biology, neurobiology and cognitive science are used to examine how the brain processes language. Moreover, psycholinguistics focuses […]

Writing is perhaps the most difficult and tedious areas of the communicative approach to teach for several reasons. I have sat home thinking about what tools or materials I could use to facilitate learning for a writing class. Some materials I have used were effective, while others were far too complex; but then again, what […]

Pronunciation refers to the perception and production of the significant sounds of a target language (or any language, in fact) in order to achieve meaning within the context of language use (Seidlhofer 56). To put is more simply, pronunciation is defined as the particular sounds we use in order to derive meaning (AMEP 1). Pronunciation […]