The primary aim of the inlingua method is to help the learner to communicate as effectively as possible in the foreign 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 spoken word. It is only by speaking the language that the learner will acquire oral competence