communicative competence

COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

(The goal of Language Teaching)

IDUL, JOEVI JHUN A.BSE-BioSci 3

Noam Chomsky (1965) introduced Linguistic competence.

COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

The learners’ ability to understand and use language

appropriately to communicate in authentic social and school

environments.

Four Aspects of Communicative Competence (Canale and Swain,

1980)

COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

Grammatical Competence

Sociolinguistic Competence

Discourse Competence

Strategic Competence

Communicative

Competence

ACTIVITY 1

Group into four and choose 1 or 2 representative/s. Each group will receive strips of paper with texts

about the topic. You have to explain the sentences given and provide

examples to the class after 5 minutes of discussion.

Grammatical Competence

COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

Concerned with mastery of linguistic code (verbal or non-verbal) which include:

Morphology

Syntax

Semantics

Orthography

Phonetics

Sociolinguistic Competence

COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

Possession of knowledge and skills for appropriate language use in a social context.

When to say?

How to say?What to say?

For whom?

Discourse Competence

COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

TEXTUAL COMPETENCEA measure of how well an individual can read and

understand different texts.

RHETORICAL COMPETENCEDefined by how well an individual can contribute to a conversation, how well can he understand what is being said by speakers and how can he

reflect and express his ideas.

Strategic Competence

COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

The speaker’s use of techniques in order to preserve communication, repair breakdowns in communication, or prevent miscommunication.

Synonyms

Gestures

Clarifications

Delivery

Context Clues

ACTIVITY 2

1. I have to avoid culture-bias in any conversation.

Sociolinguistic Competence

ACTIVITY 1

2. The teacher can eloquently share her ideas to the class.

Discourse Competence

ACTIVITY 1

3. She refers to the dictionary to look for the meaning of the word she doesn’t understand.

Strategic Competence

ACTIVITY 1

4. The students make sure their write-ups are free from errors,

Grammatical Competence

ACTIVITY 1

5. Performing an experiment by following the procedure given.

Discourse Competence

SUMMARY

Communicative competence has four aspects:

Communicative competence is the ability to understand and use

correct and appropriate language in authentic situations.

Grammatical Sociolinguistic

Discourse Strategic

ACTIVITY 3

On a one-fourth sheet of paper, write the 3 things you have

learned in this lesson and the 2 things you will do to apply

what you learned

THANK YOU

IDUL, JOEVI JHUN A.BSE-BioSci 3