Está en la página 1de 5

Communicative competence

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Communicative competence is a term in linguistics which refers to a language user's grammatical knowledge of syntax, morphology, phonology and the like, as well as social knowledge about how and when to use utterances appropriately. The term was coined by Dell Hymes in 1966,[1] reacting against the perceived inadequacy of Noam Chomsky's (1965) distinction between competence and performance.[2] To address Chomsky's abstract notion of competence, Hymes undertook ethnographic exploration of communicative competence that included "communicative form and function in integral relation to each other".[3] The approach pioneered by Hymes is now known as the ethnography of communication. Debate has occurred regarding linguistic competence and communicative competence in the second and foreign language teaching literature, and scholars have found communicative competence as a superior model of language following Hymes' opposition to Chomsky's linguistic competence. This opposition has been adopted by those who seek new directions toward a communicative era by taking for granted the basic motives and the appropriateness of this opposition behind the development of communicative competence.[4]

Contents

1 Use in education 2 See also 3 References 4 Bibliography 5 Further reading

[edit] Use in education


The notion of communicative competence is one of the theories that underlies the communicative approach to foreign language teaching.[3] Canale and Swain (1980) defined communicative competence in terms of three components:[5]

1. grammatical competence: words and rules 2. sociolinguistic competence: appropriateness 3. strategic competence: appropriate use of communication strategies Canale (1983) refined the above model, adding discourse competence: cohesion and coherence A more recent survey of communicative competence by Bachman (1990) divides it into the broad headings of "organizational competence," which includes both grammatical and discourse (or textual) competence, and "pragmatic competence," which includes both sociolinguistic and "illocutionary" competence.[6] Strategic Competence is associated with the interlocutors' ability in using communication strategies (Faerch & Kasper, 1983; Lin, 2009). Through the influence of communicative language teaching, it has become widely accepted that communicative competence should be the goal of language education, central to good classroom practice.[7] This is in contrast to previous views in which grammatical competence was commonly given top priority. The understanding of communicative competence has been influenced by the field of pragmatics and the philosophy of languageconcerning speech acts as described in large part by John Searle and J.L. Austin.

[edit] See also

Linguistic competence

[edit] References
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. ^ Hymes 1966. ^ Chomsky 1965. ^ a b Leung 2005. ^ Karimnia & Izadparast 2007. ^ Canale & Swain 1980. ^ Bachman 1990. ^ Savignon 1997.

[edit] Bibliography

Bachman, Lyle (1990). Fundamental considerations in language testing. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-437003-5.

Canale, M.; Swain, M. (1980). "Theoretical bases of communicative approaches to second language teaching and testing". Applied Linguistics (1): 147. Retrieved June 27, 2012. Chomsky, Noam (1965). Aspects of the theory of syntax. Cambridge: M.I.T. Press. ISBN 9780262530071. Hymes, D.H. (1966). "Two types of linguistic relativity". In Bright, W. Sociolinguistics. The Hague: Mouton. pp. 114158. Karimnia, Amin; Izadparast, Marziyeh (2007). "On communicative and linguistic competence". International Journal of Communication (New Delhi: Bahri). Retrieved June 27, 2012. Leung, Constant (2005). "Convivial communication: recontextualizing communicative competence". International Journal of Applied Linguistics 15 (2): 119144. doi:10.1111/j.14734192.2005.00084.x.ISSN 0802-6106. Retrieved June 27, 2012. Savignon, Sandra (1997). Communicative competence: theory and classroom practice: texts and contexts in second language learning (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-007083736-2.

[edit] Further reading

Hymes, D.H. (1972). "On communicative competence". In Pride, J.B.; Holmes, J. Sociolinguistics: selected readings. Harmondsworth: Penguin. pp. 269 293. ISBN 978-014080665-6.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Communicative_competence&oldid=5437 39663" Categories:


Sociolinguistics Language acquisition

Navigation menu
Personal tools

Create account Log in

Namespaces

Article Talk

Variants Views

Read Edit View history

Actions Search

Navigation

Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Donate to Wikipedia

Interaction

Help About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact Wikipedia

Toolbox

What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information

Cite this page

Print/export

Create a book Download as PDF Printable version

Languages

Catal Espaol Euskara Franais Italiano Edit links This page was last modified on 20 April 2013 at 15:58. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers Contact Wikipedia Mobile view

También podría gustarte