Communicative Competence in English Language Teaching
Unit 14: Methods and Techniques for Communicative Competence
Specific Methodological Foundations in English Language Teaching
0. Introduction
An endless variety of methods and approaches has been devised in the search for the best way of teaching a foreign language. In fact, one of the main characteristics of contemporary Foreign Language Teaching (FLT) is the proliferation of teaching methods. The communicative approach and the natural approach emphasize the importance of meaning, as well as considering
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Cultural Varieties and Linguistic Registers
Diastratic Varieties
Diastratic varieties involve factors such as age, sex, economic status, education, and profession. These factors are classified into physical and social:
- Physical factors include varieties occasioned by differences in sex or age. Many of these differences reflect the social role played by the speakers of these groups and their role in society. Children, youth, adults, men, and women are distinguished by their physical traits.
- Socio-cultural
Language Learning Theories and Communicative Approaches
Level 1 Theory of Language:
- Four dimensions: grammatical, sociolinguistic, discourse, and strategic competence.
- Chomsky calls this linguistic competence.
- Understanding the social context in which communication takes place: relationships, communicative purpose, etc.
- Interpretation of individual message elements in terms of their interconnectedness and how meaning is represented in relation to the entire discourse or text.
- Coping strategies that communicators employ to initiate, terminate, maintain, repair,