An Analysis of the Implementation of Audio Lingual Method in Contemporary EFL Teaching Context

This thesis discussed about teaching and learning English by using Audio Lingual Method. The aim of this study is to find out the teachers’ perception in the implementation of Audio Lingual Method in English classroom. The data collection process was carried out by interviewing five English teachers at Kota Jantho, especially English teachers of SMA N 1 Kota Jantho and SMP N 1 Kota Jantho. The results show that all of teachers have positive responses toward the application of Audio Lingual Method. The teachers said that Audio Lingual Method is effective to do in this current era even though it's an old method. In addition, the teachers believe that Audio Lingual method is one of the best method that is easy in implementation. Through this method, they can persuade their students to be more active in the classroom. However, the weakness of this method is that some students feel bored during learning. It is caused by repetition techniques choosen by teachers in conveying the materials.