Communicative Competence

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I would like to obtain information on "communicative competence" on the context of second language learning.

Thanks for your consideration to my request.

Yolanda Gómez
[email protected]

[Red5]

I'll do some research & get back to you.

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[Tdol]

Competence means what the learner knows. If they make a mistake that they know is wrong, that is a performance error, not a competence error. Communicative competence would be assessed by their ability to communicate their message, where this would be more important than any mistakes. If a student is givenm a task and performs it, they are showing communicative competence, but may not be speaking accurately. :P