audio-lingual

[ aw-dee-oh-ling-gwuhl ]

adjective

1. pertaining to listening comprehension and speaking, especially in learning a foreign language.

Word History and Origins

Origin of audio-lingual¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Languages, ranging from Iran and Afghanistan's Farsi to Yugoslavia's Serbo-Croatian, are taught by natives in classes of ten or fewer, using audio-lingual techniques developed by U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

"My Name Is Children" studies the learning experiences of two children at the progressive Nova School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where students are exposed to a technologically advanced library, games that illustrate the techniques of modern propagandists, the audio-lingual study of foreign languages, and training in geometry and algebra from kindergarten on.

From Time Magazine Archive