Flashcards on Communicative Competence in ELT
Communicative Competence in ELT: A Full Guide for Students
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Communicative competence in English teaching
21 cards
Card 1
Question: What is the aim of English language teaching as stated in the content?
Answer: The aim is communicative competence: the ability to use the language correctly, accurately, effectively and appropriately to the context of the situat
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Question: How does Noam Chomsky (1965) distinguish 'competence' from 'performance'?
Answer: Competence is the underlying linguistic knowledge to create and understand sentences (including novel ones); performance is the actual use of language
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Question: According to Chomsky, what does 'language competence' enable a person to do?
Answer: It enables a person to create and understand sentences, including sentences they have never heard before.
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Question: What did Sandra Savignon research and encourage in 1971 relevant to communicative competence?
Answer: She researched practicing the use of coping strategies and encouraged learners to ask for information, ask for clarification, take risks, and negotiat
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Question: Which competence in later models is based on the communicative strategies identified by Savignon?
Answer: Strategic competence (identified by Canale and Swain) was based on Savignon’s communicative strategies.
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Question: What was Dell Hymes' critique of Chomsky's view (1972)?
Answer: Hymes argued Chomsky’s view was too narrow: linguistic competence is only one component and rules of language use (appropriateness) are also required
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Question: What three components did Canale and Swain propose in 1980 for communicative competence?
Answer: Grammatical competence, sociolinguistic competence, and strategic competence.
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Question: Which component did Canale add later, and what does it involve?
Answer: Canale later added discourse competence: mastery of rules for combining forms and meanings to achieve coherent, cohesive texts (meaningful unity of te
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Question: What two components did Jan van Ek add in 1986 to the Canale and Swain model?
Answer: Social competence and socio-cultural competence.
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Question: How is 'social competence' defined in van Ek's addition?
Answer: Social competence is the will and the skill to interact with others and the ability to handle social situations.