IT IS A PPT ABOUT COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE, FROM KEITH JOHNSON BOOK

1. SUMMARY FROM THIS CHAPTER ON THE BOOK: “APRENDER Y
ENSEÑAR LENGUAS EXTRANJERAS
UNA INTRODUCCIÓN”
SUMMARY BY: ADRIANA GAMBOA M.
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3. Canale and Swain (1980) defined
communicative competence in terms of three
components:[5]
1. Grammatical (Systemic) competence: words
and rules
2. Sociolinguistic competence: appropriateness
3. Strategic competence: appropriate use of
communication strategies
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4. A LEARNER SHOULD KNOW: A NATIVE SPEAKER:
 To develop strategies to Learn the pronunciation
associate the letter´s at early age and use the
sound with the writing.
language without
 To know some strategies explain the rules.
to manage the intonation
according with the
speaker intention.
 It is difficult to domain
whole the pronunciation
rules.
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5.  A learner should  A native speaker
manage all the knows the way to
morphemic rules. form words by adding
morphemes.
 English Morphology
seems easy to learn,
but can be difficult
for foreign learners.
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6.  An English learner  When a native
should study speaker discovers
words´use and that his/her language
function. has rules and
words´functions
he/she is surprised,
because learned the
language
unconciously.
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7.  A learner should:  A native speaker use
 To know the context the vocabulary with a
use of the words. conventional way.
Conventional rather
than accuracy.
 Memorize difficult
words for non native
speakers.
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8. Sociolinguistic
competence asks:
Which words and
phrases fit this setting
and this topic? How can
I express a specific
attitude (courtesy,
authority, friendliness,
respect) when I need
to? How do I know what
attitude another person
is expressing?
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9.  Is knowing how to use and respond to
language appropriately, given the setting,
the topic, and the relationships among
the people communicating.
 A learner should establish:
1.To use language rules to communicate
and to understand the speaker´s intention.
2. Speech rules: How are words, phrases
and sentences put together to create
conversations, speeches, email messages,
newspaper articles?
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10. Strategic competence
asks: How do I know
when I’ve
misunderstood or when
someone has
misunderstood me?
What do I say then? How
can I express my ideas
if I don’t know the
name of something or
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use?
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11. A learner should:
 Know how to recognize and repair
communication breakdowns, how to work
around gaps in one’s knowledge of the
language, and how to learn more about the
language and in the context.
 Practice speaking to learn the language and
words conventional uses.
 Use Paraphrasing
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13.  JOHNSON, Keith, Aprender y enseñar lenguas
extranjeras, una introducción, Fondo de
Cultura Económica, México, 2008
 en,wikipedia.org/wiki/communicative_comp
etence
 www.nclrc.org/essentials/goalsmethods/goal
.html
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