Communicative Competence and Skills in Language Learning
Defining Communicative Competence
To understand the relationship between communicative competence and skills, we must first define communicative competence. It arises from the intersection of functional and social linguistics with fields like pragmatics, text linguistics, and discourse analysis. This provides a framework for understanding the social processes involved in language use.
Functional linguistics introduced the concept of communicative competence, which encompasses not only linguistic competence
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Defining Communicative Competence
To understand the relationship between communicative competence and skills, we first need to define communicative competence and its key characteristics. It emerges when functional or social linguistics intersect with fields like pragmatics, text linguistics, and discourse analysis. This provides a theory of the social processes involved in language use.
Functional linguistics has developed the notion of communicative competence, which encompasses more than just linguistic
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To relate communicative competence with communicative skills, first, we have to define and clarify what communicative competence is and its major characteristics. It occurs when functional or social linguistics are related to traditions such as pragmatics, text linguistics, and discourse analysis, etc. This offers us a theory of social processes involved in language use. Functional linguistics has developed the notion of communicative competence. This involves, apart from linguistic competence,
Read MoreCommunicative Competence and Skills in Language Learning
Defining Communicative Competence
To understand the relationship between communicative competence and skills, we must first define communicative competence. It emerges when functional or social linguistics intersect with fields like pragmatics, text linguistics, and discourse analysis. This provides a theory of social processes involved in language use. Functional linguistics has developed the notion of communicative competence, which encompasses not only linguistic competence (knowledge of the linguistic
Read MoreCommunicative Competence and Skills in Language Learning
Defining Communicative Competence
To understand the relationship between communicative competence and skills, we first need to define communicative competence and its key characteristics. It emerges when functional or social linguistics intersect with fields like pragmatics, text linguistics, and discourse analysis. This provides a theoretical framework for understanding the social processes involved in language use.
Functional linguistics has developed the concept of communicative competence, which
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Planning
What elements do we need to decide before we start planning?
- The goals or aims of the lesson.
- What resources to use.
- Whether to adapt the coursebook.
- The types of activities the learners will do.
- How the children are going to interact.
- The sequence of activities.
- The timing and pacing.
- How best to use the classroom.
What factors do the aims depend on?
- The learners’ level.
- The class profile.
- Their needs.
- What type of learners are they.
- Their interests.
- Their motivation.
- Their number of learners.
- Attendance.