Knowing vs. Using
Language Competencies
Strategies
Communicative Competence
100
Declarative Knowledge means knowing...

'that'

100

Communicative Competence means linguistic competence, but also...

using linguistic knowledge in the appropriate context
100

Social contextual factors, stylistic appropriateness, and cultural factors are elements of which competency?

socio-cultural competence

100

The linguists who connected communicative competence with second language learning.

Canale and Swain

200

Procedural Knowledge is knowing...

'how'

200
The linguist who declared that there are 4 aspects of communicative competence

Hymes

200

The 3 subcategories of interactional competence are: (give the 3 terms and briefly describe)

Actional competence is the performance of common speech acts such as introductions, expressing problems and expressing opinions.
Conversational competence is the performance of appropriate turn-taking.
Non-verbal/paralinguistic competence is the appropriate use of non-verbal communication.

200

Canale and Swain's 4 aspects of communicative competence are...

grammatical, sociolinguistic, discourse, strategic

300

The difference between having knowledge and true acquisition.

ability to use/apply in real life

300
The 4 competencies according to Hymes are: grammatical competence, appropriacy, frequency, and...

Physical, Physiological and Emotional Competence

300

Circumlocution is...

When a student doesn't know the word, but describes it/talks around it instead. Example: “You know it is that kind of bird that is small, brown with a red breast? It is common in English and North America. It is one of the first birds to come out in the spring, so we know spring has arrived.” 

300

Strategic competence is...

A set of strategies that speakers use when communication fails. Communication strategies may be put into use when grammatical competence fails or when socio-linguistic competence proves inadequate. An example of strategic competence occurs when a student cannot remember a word and so provides a definition for that word instead.

400

Competence is...

underlying knowledge

400

Physical, physiological and emotional competence is... (provide example situation)

A student is so nervous when trying to make a speech in front of the class that he or she mispronounces most words and is not comprehensible.

400

Approximation is...

When a student doesn't know a word, but is very close. They can describe it by telling you a similar word, but by highlighting differences/comparing. Example: “It is sort of like anger, but not quite the same thing. It is a bit stronger.”

400

Sociolinguistic competence is...

The appropriateness of communication depending on the context, the participants and the rules for interaction.

500

Performance is...

Visual evidence, speaking and writing appropriately

500

Discourse competence is:(explain and provide example)

The cohesion and coherence of the utterances in a discourse. For example, if we are having a conversation with a friend and we want to change the subject we would say something like “On another note,” “To change the topic,” or “Moving on,” in order to signal that we are introducing a new topic.

500
Sam's favourite colour is...

blue

500

In 2008 Celce-Murcia proposed a revision of her 1995 model of communicative competence that captures the most up to date thinking on communicative competence. Some competencies are very similiar to the existing model. Which 2 of these competencies are the different/new additions?

formulaic competence and interactional competence

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