Cognitive Approach & The Lexical Approach

Cognitive Approach refers to the mental activity including thinking, remembering, learning and, using language. When we apply a Cognitive Approach to learning and, teaching, we focus on the understanding of information and, concepts. If we are able to rebuild with logical connections, then our rention of material and, understandig will increase.

If we apply this method to the area of education, the fact that I really like was that students will learn new vocabulary and will practice their reading because Cognitive Approach is about reading and using a lot the memory for memorising  information and, in that way students will learn new vocabulary from the books or, the material that teachers give to them.

Teachers give infomation to students; therefore, they must choose the best information or the best material that students will read. This method takes the brain as computer that processes all the information.

However, when students memorize any information sometimes the information is tend to be forgotten because they just memorize just for the moment or for passing a test and, eventually in a week they will not remember anything. So I think that for them to remember any information, it must really call their attention.

In the other hand, The Lexical Approach Method žin languages teaching refers to one derived from the belief that the building blocks of language learning and communication are NOT grammar, notions or some other unit BUT lexis, words and word combinations.

Now if we apply this method in the area of education exactly for students that are studying english, teachers have to be focus on teaching vocabulary; insted of, teaching Grammar because one assumption of this method says that sometimes students are not able to communicate because they don't know a lot words in english and, they are taking care of Grammar. This is one of the facts that I like about this method because Grammar sometimes tend to be a headache for students. It is supposed that The Lexical Approach Method have to develop students language ability.

However, I don't really like the fact about to not focusing on Grammar because Grammar it might be a headache but its really important to learn how to speak and, structure correctly a new language that students are learning.

In my opinion both methods have ups and downs but, we can learn a lot from them just knowing to use properly a method as future teachers.

GOOD TEACHERS

Being a teacher is very important because they give or they teach to the news generations and whatever that they teach, students will learn it being good or bad. That’s why being a good teacher that loves their job and love teaching is a good example to follow because they put a lot effort at the time that they are teaching. They give the good example to show to the new generations and having a better society.

A teacher who loves teaching, enjoys the job, a good teacher does his or her best, making sure that students are learning, those teachers look to the best methods to teach and they don’t give any king of boring class at the time those teachers teach children to love learning because students putt attention in class, they participate because giving a good class, the students are motivate to learn.

Good teachers are there to teach, they are a guide on the way of learning because they explain to the students and any question they help to the students. A teacher gives you the class, helps you, shows you the best way to go when you learn but it´s all up to the students because they receive the class and they have to study by hard to learn I mean at the time in an exam the students have to apply what they learn as I said a teacher is a guide on the way of learning.

When a teacher shows something that they love or they share something new they of course learn to from their students because every day, everyone always learn something new. At the time when a teacher gives a class they listen to different opinions and they meet different minds different way of thoughts in this case from their students.

There are some people that say: being a teacher is not too much in the society, but this is so wrong to think like that because a teacher is the head of all those professions that exist in the world, even a doctor needed once a teacher to learn about medicine. Teachers form new generations and prepare people for the future and for being a good person in the society. That’s why I admire teachers and always I will do.

ONE DIRECTION