Perhaps a good way to present a definition of competence is by trying to answer the question: When are we competent? And the answer we will get would be simple, but clear: when we can do something. In a language, we are competent when we can do something with the language, when we fulfill our communicative intentions. But, what intentions could we fulfill in a language? Well, we might want to introduce ourselves, give suggestions, apologize for something wrong we did, or ask for directions, to mention just a few.
In order to be able to accomplish our communicative purpose, we have to know words and how to organize them into a sentence (linguistic competence), select from the possible sentences or expressions the one that best suits the specific situation and its social conventions (sociolinguistic competence), and connect and arrange our utterances into a coherent sequence (pragmatic competence).
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Hi dear Norbella!
The most important for me right now,and after to read all the topics we did, It is being conscious about every single communicative competence concept we practice in the classroom, 'cause I am sure we as a teacher do that all the time just we were not conscious about it. Now, It is the time for reinforce....
Hello Norbella. Thanks for the first module, was very interesting I learned a lot of english. you are a good teacher!!!
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