UNIT 3

Question 1

What is “communicative competence”?

Answer 1

CC can be defined as the ability to use language to communicate, in a culturally appropriate manner in order to make meaning and accomplish social tasks with efficacy and fluency, through extenced interactions.

Question 2

Dell Hymes explained his theory through four lenses necessary for CC…

Answer 2

1. Possibility.
2. Feasibility.
3. Appropriateness.
4. Ocurrence.

Question 3

Canale and Swain (1980)…

Answer 3

… specifically focused on competence and second language teaching. They use CC to refer to the relationship and interaction between grammatical competence and sociolinguistic competence.

Question 4

Sandra Savignon uses the term CC…

Answer 4

… to characterise the ability of language learners to interact with other speakers, to make meaning, as distinct from their ability to memorise chunks of language for artificial, planned experiences in the classroom.

Question 5

In his study of interlanguage analysis, Pallotti…

Answer 5

… distinguishes between CC and linguistic competence, but he also indicates that CC is further divided into EFFICACY; the ability to reach one´s communicative goals, and FLUENCY; the ability to do so smoothly, quickly and effortlessly.

Question 6

Hall and Doehler …

Answer 6

… extend the notion of CC to Interactive Competence (IC).