Oral Drills
Drills and pattern practice are typical of the Audiolingual method. (Richards, J.C. et-al. 1986) These include
- Repetition: where the student repeats an utterance as soon as he hears it
- Inflection: Where one word in a sentence appears in another form when repeated
- Replacement: Where one word is replaced by another
- Restatement: The student re-phrases an utterance
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