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17. THE AUDIO LINGUAL METHOD had its origins during World War II when it became known as the Army Method. It is also called the Aural oral approach. It is based on the structural view of language and the behaviorist theory of language learning. The Audiolingual Approach to language teaching has a lot of similarities with the Direct Method. both reject the use of the mother tongue and both stress that speaking and listening competences preceded reading and writing competences.