Everything that speaker needs to know in order to communicate appropriately within a particular community

1. Language acquisition.
Collaborative work.
Done: By.
Gustavo Barbecho
Roberto Alvear
Jacqueline Arias
Dolores Albarracin.

2. COMPETENCE
AND USE
It is everything that
a speaker needs to
know in order to
communicate
Linguistic
competence
Knowledge of the specific
components and levels of a
language
It is required for their appropriate
use in communicative activities
Pragmatic
competence.
Interpret and convey meaning within
communicative situations
The effects their use of language
has on other participants in the act
of communication”

3. Academic competence and
interpersonal competence
Priorities for
L2 use
Interpersonal competence encompasses
knowledge required of learners the L2
primarily in face-to-face contact with other
speakers.
Academic competence include the
knowledge needed by learners who
want to use the L2 primarily to learn
occupational field.

4. Components
of language
knowledge
Vocabulary
(lexicon)
Phonology
(sound system)
Syntax
(grammar)
Morphology
(word structure)
Discourse (connect
sentences and
organize information)

5. Components of Language.
 Vocabulary (how words are used)
 Morphology (how words are structured)
 Phonology (how words are pronounced)
 Syntax (the correct use of grammar)
 Discourse (how someone connects ideas and words)

6. Vocabulary is the most difficult component to achieve.
Vocabulary is also known as lexicon. The main part of
Vocabulary are the function words. Other important
words are idioms, metaphors and collocations.
Morphology teaches you how words are made, for
example antiabortion, is made of anti (against) and
abortion, so this word means against abortion, this
procedure is called derivational morphology, means
adding prefixes and suffixes to create words.
Morphology requires knowing the different parts of
words.
Phonology was the most important part for mastering
English. Phonemes are related with the meaning of

7. Syntaxis. Involves learning the correct use of words,
rules, functions of words and their uses. They change
the structure in different languages, so an analysis and a
study has to be made.
Discourse. Is based on sequential indicators, logical
connectors, among others for cohesion. An important
part also are genres and interactional strategies.

8. RECEPTIVEACTIVITES
Reading
Important transfer of
knowledge & ability L1 to L2
No matter how different
writing symbol system is
Beginning L2
Reading
If writing symbols are far
different (Chinese -English),
1º recognize them
Progress depends on prior
knowledge learner has
Academic
Reading
Extract detailed information
in any subject.
Pre-requisites:
Vocabulary recognition
Complex sentences
structure and punctuation
Focused elements
Old & new information
Text structure
Information organization

9. RECEPTIVEACTIVITES
Listening Information Processing
Input: notice cues
Central Processing: Bottom up/
Top down factors
Beginning L2
Listening
Process: segment speech
stream into meaningful units:
sounds to words → phrases →
sentences
Academic
Listening
Pre-requisites:
Vocabulary recognition
Ability to process native & non
native varieties
Reciprocal & non reciprocal
practices help “ear tuning”
(Saville-Troike, 2006)
Extensive exposure to oral and
academic texts.

10. PRODUCTIVE
ACTIVITES
Writing
Is the most important productive
activity for L2 learners to develop
Writing is a common medium for
testing knowledge
Beginning L2 writing
Once enrolled in programs, such
students must complete papers and
other written assignments for many of
their classes, and essay examinations
Graduate degrees usually require
writing extended texts
Speaking
in conjunction with listening is a very
important area of activity for L2
learners
Involved in bottom-up processes
Features of pronunciation
Grammatical patterns
coherence within a conversation