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The inlingua method is based on the following principles :

1. The teacher conducts the lesson only in the target language.

2. The teacher gives the learner the opportunity to speak as much as possible during the lesson.

3. The teacher conducts the greater part of the lesson orally, with the book closed.

4. The teacher keeps theoretical explanations to a minimum.

5. Trainers correct mistakes in such a way that learners develop skill in self-correction and learn to use the language independently.

6. The teacher diagnoses the extent of the learner's knowledge before supplying a model or providing a solution himself.

8. The teacher encourages the learner to play a creative role in the learning process.

9. The teacher observes the principles of applied psychology.

10. The teacher combines the structural and functional approaches to language learning.

The primary aim of the inlingua method is to help the learner to communicate as effectively as possible in the foreing language. By communicate we mean the ability to speak and understand the target language, i.e. the language which is being learnt. The inlingua method also aims at enabling the learner to read and write, but that is a secondary aim. The main emphasis in the teaching is on the spoker word. It is only by speaking the language that the learner will acquire oral comptence.