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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
