Communicative methods in teaching English

FEATURES OF COGNITIVE APPROACH

Teachers can use language not as a repetition drill but as something that student can create on their own. One of the main features that Cognitive code approach has is that teachers provide the necessary tools to their students, so they can work on their own with assignments. In this sense, learning depends upon perception and insight formation. They feel that all learning is in the nature of problem solving. The learner tries to solve new problems on the basis learning. The learner analyses and tries to identify the elements or components of the new situation. However, teachers feel more comfortable about showing rules, presenting grammar, and allowing students to work out rules. In other words, the main purpose of this approach, in relation to the learning process, is for the students to be capable to solve problems individually. One important aspect to be mentioned is that teaching should be subordinated to learning. This approach makes emphasis on the development of vocabulary and grammar, and the skills it develops are reading and writing.