Questão 96603

Evaluate the following assertions concerning the characteristics and limitations of the Audio-Lingual Method:

I. The method prioritizes the natural order of skills acquisition: listening, speaking, reading, and then writing, reflecting the belief that language is primarily speech.

II. Vocabulary is strictly controlled and introduced only within the context of the grammatical structures being drilled, often limiting the lexical range available to the learner in the initial stages.

III. A significant criticism of the method is its failure to equip learners with communicative competence, as the overemphasis on accurate structure manipulation often leaves students unable to use the language appropriately and fluently in authentic, unpredictable situations.

Which of the assertions are correct?