communicative competence

A short presentation about communicative competences :)

1. COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE Paola Andrea Lizarralde Duque

2. Communicative competence is concerned not only with how grammar/lexis is managed but also with the socio-cultural rules of appropriate language use. Sociolinguistic rules Grammatical rules

3. Communicative competence was further defined in terms of four components : Linguistic competence Sociolinguistic competence Discourse competence Strategic competence

4. 1. Linguistic competence Linguistic competence asks: What words do I use? How do I put them into phrases and sentences?

5. 2. Sociolinguistic competence Sociolinguistic competence asks: Which words and phrases fit this setting and this topic? How can I express a specific attitude (courtesy, authority, friendliness, respect) when I need to? How do I know what attitude another person is expressing?

6. 3. Discourse competence Discourse competence asks: How are words, phrases and sentences put together to create conversations, speeches, email messages, newspaper articles?

7. 4. Strategic competence Strategic competence asks: How do I know when I’ve misunderstood or when someone has misunderstood me? What do I say then? How can I express my ideas if I don’t know the name of something or the right verb form to use?

8. MODELS OF COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE Three models of communicative competece 1. Canel & Swain 2. Bachman & Palmer 3. The common European Framwork Grammatical Sociolingustic Strategic competence Language competence Sociolinguistic Competence Pragmatic competence Grammatical competence Textual competence

9. Conclusion Communicative competences have reached an agreement that a competent language user should possess not only knowledge about language but also the ability and skill to activate that knowledge in a communicative event.