Communicative Competence

Who originally defined the communicative competence?

• Noam Chomsky

• Canale and Swain

• Dell Hymes

• Bachman’

How many components of communicative competence exist?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 2

Communicative competence is...

• an ability to express coherent ideas

• A method for teaching language

• The ability to use the language to communicate sucessfully

• The ability to make grammatically corrrect sentences

Strategic competence is...

• The ability to structure texts

• The ability to repair and sustain communication in case of communication breakdowns.

• The ability to use new words in different social settings

• None of the above

An example of strategic competence is...

• When you choose appropiate words and register (Formal or informal) according to the setting. Ex: Asking your professor for permission to take a test at a later time.

• To use synonyms or use other words to define and object. (When you don't know the word)

The awareness of cultural conventions (Idioms, expressions) corresponds to:

• Linguistic competence

• Strategic competence

• Sociolinguistic competence

• Discourse competence

Discourse competence is not...

• the ability to express ideas in a coherent way

• the ability to interpret and construct messages

• the ablity to speak fluently

• All the above

Knowing in what setting do we need to be more formal or informal is a characteristics of

• Linguistic competence

• Discourse competence

• Sociolinguistic competence

• Strategic competence

Who propose the concept of Competence and Performance?

Who created a model of communicative competence for language teaching and evaluation?

• Noam Chomsky

• Dell Hymes

• Jhon Gumperz

• Canale & Swain