Process
- The lesson begins with a dialogue, which contains the structures and vocabulary of the lesson.
- The student is expected to mimic the dialogue and eventually memorize it.
- The dialogue is followed by pattern drill on the structures introduced in the dialogue.
That’s a _____. (key, knife, pencil, etc.)
- The aim of the drill is to “strengthen habits”, to make the pattern “automatic.”
- There are four basic drill types: simple repetition, substitution, transformation (e.g. affirmative to negative), and translation.