Which method emphasizes grammar with frequent oral drills and uses only the target language, with grammar learned from drills?

• A. Direct Method
• B. Grammar-Translation Method
• C. Silent Way
• D. Audiolingual Method

Answer: (D)

The main idea here is learning grammar through repeated, structured spoken practice and drilling, with all instruction in the target language. In this approach, students internalize grammatical forms by continually hearing and producing them in fixed patterns and dialogues, rather than studying rules explicitly. The teacher models a structure, and students practice it through a series of drills—substitution, transformation, pattern repetition—until the forms become automatic. Because grammar emerges from this repetitive drill-driven use of language, the method relies on oral work and avoids translation or explicit rule explanations.

This fits the Audiolingual Method, which is grounded in habit-formation and behaviorist ideas about language learning. It contrasts with grammar-translation, which centers on rules and translation, and with methods like the Silent Way or Direct Method, which emphasize discovery, meaning-focused communication, or more naturalistic interaction rather than systematic drills aimed at grammar automatization.