Audio lingual Method Introduction The audio-lingual method , Army Method is a style of teaching used in teaching foreign languages . 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 This approach to language learning was similar to another, earlier method called the direct method.[citation needed] 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. Rather, the teacher drilled students in the use of grammar .Applied to language instruc...