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The use of materials is one of the features of the Communicative Approach.
In a () classroom, meaningful learning and meaningful practice are emphasized during the entire learning process.
In a( )classroom, meaningful learning and meaningful practice are emphasized during the entire learning process.
A major feature of cognitive code-learning is the emphasis on explanations of ( ).
The behavioural psychologists and the cognitive psychologists are both interested in the “( )” questions.
Chomsky held that a native speaker has, somewhere in his brain, a set of( )which he can use to make sentences with.
The Cognitive Approach holds that students’ mistakes are ( ) in the creative use of language.
The Cognitive Approach gives importance to all the four skills and therefore all of them could get priority according to the goal of the course and the needs of the students.
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What is the attitude of the Cognitive Approach towards mistakes in the language learning process?
The Cognitive Approach holds that students’ mistakes are( )in the creative use of language.
What does the Cognitive Approach think about the learner in foreign language teaching and learning?
Chomsky calls the knowledge of grammar rules “”, which allows a native speaker to make sentences in his language.
Chomsky maintained that language is not a form of . On the contrary, it is an intricate rule-based system and a large part of language acquisition is the learning of this system.
In practice the Cognitive Approach involves more active use of the students' mental power, which is especially suitable for language learners.
Chomsky believes that children are born with special language learning abilities; they do not have to be language or corrected for their mistakes, but learn language by being exposed to it.
According to Chomsky, what is language acquisition?
Filling Blanks: You are to fill each blank with ONE appropriate word. Chomsky maintained that language is not a form of , but an intricate rule-based system; therefore, a large part of language acquisition is the learning of this system.
The Cognitive Approach believes that the is the centre of classroom teaching, and therefore language practice should be the main form of learning.
The Cognitive Approach lays emphasis on the of language as a meaningful system and it seeks a basis in cognitive psychology and in transformational grammar.
Increasing attention was brought to( )psychology in the 1960s and 1970s.