The idea of” the Audio-lingual method, which was based on the behaviorist theory of language learning, was that language is learned by constant ______, during which mistakes were immediately corrected, and correct utterances were immediately praised.

题目：The idea of” the Audio-lingual method, which was based on the behaviorist theory of language learning, was that language is learned by constant ______, during which mistakes were immediately corrected, and correct utterances were immediately praised.

A、cognitive processing
B、meaningful practice
C、repetition and reinforcement
D、imitation and communication