TEACHING) The Audio-Lingual Method appeared when the U.S.A. entered World War II and the development of second language programmes for military personnel took place to ensure a L2 conversation. The main aspects of the method were to obtain a native-like accent and proficiency in a short period of time. Similar to the Grammar-Translation Method, the focus was on memorization of lists of words and repetition, but not on grammar structures. Drilling, fill-in the gap exercises were the main teaching devices. Although it used translation, outside the L2 classroom, it was not permitted. Some of the Audio-Lingual Method characteristics are: – Dialogues are used at the beginning of each lesson – Due to the belief that language is a habit formation, imitation and memorization are very important – Grammar is taught in sequences and inductively – Each skill is used separately – There is high emphasis on pronunciation – Very few vocabulary words are used at the beginning – Correction of learner errors take place constantly – There is no regard on language meaning or context – The teacher is required to have proficiency only on structures, vocabulary – Learning activities and materials cannot be altered Due to a demand for functionality and communicative potential of the L2, the method was not used anymore by the end of the 1960s. Still, researchers cannot deny the importance of translation used as a means to comprehend and learn a second language. The Communicative Approach appeared at the end of the 1960s-the beginning of the 1970s, in Britain, with the intention to fulfil the needs of the residents from the Commonwealth countries. It was provided a framework for syllabus based rather on functional skills than on grammatical structures. The main purpose of the approach was to develop the communicative competence of learners, to gain the ability to comprehend and to use four parameters of communication: possibility, feasibility, appropriateness and completeness. The use of translation in the Communicative Approach was considered only a too>