42.The Cognitive Approach
A
B
1. theory of languag
a. recognition of the decisive role of the learner in foreign language learning
2. theory of learning
b. the learner’s control of the language in all its manifestation as a coherent and meaningful system
3. one of the objectives
c. cognitive psychology
4. one of the techniques
d. physical response
5. one of the main features
e. transformational grammar
IV. Questions forBrief Answers: (30%)
Directions: This section has sixquestions. You are to answer them briefly. Five points are given to eachquestion.
43. Give atleast five techniques a Grammar-Translation teacher usually uses to helprealize the course objectives.
44. What arethe four points summarized by Tang Lixing on the methodological developmentbefore the 1980s in China?
45. What arethe five hypotheses of the monitor theory?
46. Why isthe Oral Approach sometimes referred to as the Situational Approach?
47. Why is alanguage lab considered essential in an Audiolingual classroom?
48. Whatshould a Natural Approach teacher do when the learner is ready to start talkingin the target language?
V. Questions for LongAnswers: (20%)
Directions:The two questions in this section are to be answered on the basis of your ownteaching experience as well as the theoretical knowledge you've learned. Tenpoints are given to each question.
49. What advantages can be found in the DirectMethod?
50. What are the main features of theCommunicative Approach?
