The pattern parctice is a technique commonly used in language teaching for practicing sentence patterns in a language. based on guided practice, and the use of this technique is a distinctive feature of the audiolingual method, Various kinds of
patte...
The pattern parctice is a technique commonly used in language teaching for practicing sentence patterns in a language. based on guided practice, and the use of this technique is a distinctive feature of the audiolingual method, Various kinds of
pattern practice have been used : repetition, inflection, expansion, transformation, etc .
Recently, this technique has been called into question. We analize the problems of the traditional pattern practice and suggest the new techniques for the improvement of the students' communicative competence. Three possible ways of making pattern practice more meaningful and more communicative have been discussed : (1) getting students to say things about themselves, (2) giving situation which imply the structure, (3) letting students add something of their own.