Communicative Competence

COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE
MA YA
WANG SHAN
NURULAINI TAIB
NUR AINI OMOR
SAADIAH BAKARIM
University of Malaya, KL
PBET 2113 Group 6 (TESL) Semester 2 AY 2009-2010, Department of Language & Literacy, Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya KL

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.

Cognitive / academic language proficiency (CALP)
a language-related term which refers
to formal academic learning.
used to discuss the language
proficiency levels of students who are
in the process of acquiring a new
language.

Basic interpersonal communicative skills (BICS)
language skills needed to interact in
social situations, primarily to context-
bound, face-to-face communication.

Grammatical competence
the ability to recognize and produce
the distinctive grammatical structures
of a language and to use them
effectively in communication.

Discourse competence
the ability we have to connect sentences
in stretches of discourse and to form a
meaningful whole out of a series of
utterances.

Sociolinguistic competence
the ability to interpret the social meaning
of the choice of linguistic varieties and to
use language with the appropriate social
meaning for the communication situation.

Strategic competence
the manner of manipulating language in
order to meet communicative goals.
used to compensate communication
disruption caused by lack of communicative
competence and to strengthen
communicative effects.

Language Functions
PBET 2113 Group 6 ( TESL) Semester 2 AY 2009-2010, Department of Language & Literacy, Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya KL

Definition
The purposes that we accomplish with language.
E.g.: Stating, Requesting, Responding, Greeting, etc.
Quiz:
1. A : Hello, Dan, Happy Chinese New Yearto you and your family !
B : Thank you. Do come in. I'm glad you have come.
(A) To wish (B) To request
(C) To welcome (D) to inform
2. A : Lee fell while climbing up the rambutan tree.
B: I shouldn't have asked him to pluck the rambutans.
(A) To complain (B) To regret
(C) To apologize (D) To advise
3. A : Our team played badly, especially I.
B : It's all your fault. You have let the team down.
(A) To advise (B)To blame
(C)To warn (D)To protest

Communication

Instrumental Function: To get what we want,
to satisfy needs or desires
Regulatory Function: To control the behavior of others,
to get them to do want we want to do
Representational (informational) Function :
To communicate information,
to report facts of conclusions from facts
Interactional Function: To establish and define
social relationship
Personal Function: To express individuality and personality
Heuristic Function: To explore the environment,
to acquire knowledge and understanding
Imaginative Function: To create a word of one’s own

Exercise
A. Heuristic F. I want lemon juice.
B. Imaginative F. Go away.
C. Instrumental F. She is a good girl.
D. Interactional F. The sun is hot.
E. Personal F.I like you, my friend.
F. Representational F. Where is he from?
G. Regulatory F. They lived happily ever.

Functional Approaches to Language Teaching
Notional Functional Syllabuses
“Notions”
Abstract concept--existence, space, time;
Situation--travel, health, shopping
To function as organizing elements of a foreign language curriculum.

TOPICS & LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS Syllabus

*source: http://www.1000ventures.com/business_guide/crosscuttings/communication_f2f_eye_contact.html

Nonverbal Communication (NVC)

NVC

NVC cont..

The Communicative Language Teaching
Focuses on helping learners to communicatemeaningfully in a target language.
Emphasizes interactionas both the means and the ultimate goal of learning a language.
How learners will be assessed? = How well learners have developed their communicative competence.

PBET 2113 Group 6 ( TESL) Semester 2 AY 2009-2010, Department of Language & Literacy, Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya KL

Source: Brown, H. Douglas. 2007. Principles of Language Learning and Teaching, 5th Edition. White Plains, NY: Pearson Education. Chapter 8.
Created for: PBET 2113 Participants (TESL)
Semester 2, AY 2009-2010
Department of Language & Literacy
Faculty of Education
University of Malaya KL
Created by: NurAineOmor, NurulainiTaib,
SaadiahBakarim, Ma Ya and Wang Shan
Facilitator: Jessie Grace U. Rubrico, PhD
PBET 2113 Group 6 (TESL) Semester 2 AY 2009-2010, Department of Language & Literacy Education, Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya KL

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