Which language teaching method emphasizes speaking and listening, discourages the mother tongue use, and uses dialogues and drills?

• A. Audiolingualism
• B. Grammar-translation
• C. Communicative Language Teaching
• D. Task-Based Learning

Answer: (A)

This approach concentrates on developing oral skills—speaking and listening—through repeated, patterned practice using dialogues and drills, while keeping the mother tongue out of the classroom. The idea is to form automatic responses in the target language by practicing fixed sequences and patterns until they become second nature.

That emphasis on oral fluency and drill-based dialogue is what makes it stand out. The grammar-translation method, in contrast, centers on reading, writing, and translating rules, with heavy use of the mother tongue and little focus on speaking. Communicative Language Teaching aims for meaningful interaction and real-life communication, but it relies more on varied communicative activities than on repetitive dialogues and drills. Task-Based Learning focuses on completing real tasks through language use, often with less emphasis on fixed dialogues or repetitive pattern practice.