8/19/2019 Cognitive vs Affective-humanistic Approach

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a. Discuss the differences between the Cognitive Approach and the Affective

Humanistic Approach.

In the 1960´s thans to breathroughs in different scientific fie!ds !ie "s#cho!og#$%ocio!og# and &edicine a !ot of research was carried out in order to decode how the

 brain wored' particu!ar!#$ how humans ac(uire !anguages. )he resu!ts of these studies

inf!uenced the wa# teachers taught !anguages and the cognitive approach was born. )he

cognitive approach is not rea!!# a c!assroom approach instead of It is wa# of understand

!earners$ and as a resu!t scientists deve!oped severa! strategies *grammar ru!es+ to he!p

students retrieve and use an effective !anguage. ,n the other hand$ in the ear!# 1960´s a

new movement of freedom inf!uenced the wa# teachers taught$ which was main!# focus

on the students- fee!ings and theirs conscious and subconscious mind. )hese strategies

tried to get rid of the !anguage barriers of communication among students$ which

de!a#ed the natura! process of !anguage ac(uisition. )eachers made students fee!

comfortab!e in their !earning environments b# using different e!ements !ie music$

 p!a#s$ maps$ photos and so on. "ositive reinforcement$ creative and spontaneous use of

!anguage was encouraged b# teachers in their c!ass rooms.

 b. hich approach most c!ose!# a!igns with #our current teaching st#!e/

As ng!ish teacher$ I a!ign with the Cognitive approach' because$ I strong!# be!ieve that

the invo!vement of science in the fie!d of !inguistic was a huge and beneficia! breathrough. or the first time we !earned how the process of ac(uiring a !anguage

was carried out in our brains' and as a resu!t$ severa! theories and strategies !ie )"2$

which stands for tota! ph#sica! response deve!oped b# "rofessor 3ames 3. Asher gave us

different perspectives about this fascinating process in our mind.