THE SIMILARITIES ARE:1)BOTH HAVE RECOGNIZED A LANGUAGE AS AN ORDERLY SYSTEM OF RULES WHICH A LEARNER CAN CONSCIOUSLY ACQUIRE BY STUDYING METHODS.2)BOTH HAVE PRESENTED THE LANGUAGE AS AN INTELLECTUAL LEARNING PROBLEM.THE DIFFERENCES ARE:1)THE COGNITIVE APPROACH LAYS STRESS ON CREATIVITY AND MEANING.2) THE COGNITIVE APPROACH INVOLVES MORE ACTIVE USE OF STUDENTS' MENTAL POWER.3) THE COGNITIVE APPROACH UTILIZES FOUR SKILLS OF LISTENING,SPEAKING,READING,AND WRITING FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE.