GROUP 5_ ANI SUKMA SARI&FATHIMATUZZAHROH/ COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

Name           : 1. Ani sukma sari         (2130730015)

                     :2. Fathimatuzzahroh     (2130730018)

Class           : IVA          

Group          : 5

à COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

Communicative competence is a construct that has been a topic of interest for a least four decades, recent trends have put less emphasis on structural and cognitive characteristics of communication and more on the myriad social, cultural, and pragmatic implications of what it means to communicate in a second language.

àDEFINING COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

The term communicative competence is comprised of two words, the

combination of which means competence to communicate. This simple lexicosemantical

analysis uncovers the fact that the central word in the syntagm communicative

competencies the word competence. In Canale and Swain’s and later in Canale’s (1983) definition, there four different components, or subcategories, made up the construct of CC. the first two subcategories reflected the use of the linguistic system itself; the last two defined the functional aspects of communication.

1.  Grammatical competence
2.   Discourse competence
3.   Sociolinguistic competence
4.  Strategic competence

à LANGUAGE FUNCTION

Language functions refer to the purposes in which we use language to communicate. We use language for a variety of formal and informal purposes, and specific grammatical structures and vocabulary are often used with each language function. During the lesson planning and preparation stage, teachers should brainstorm the vocabulary words associated with the language function that will be taught. It is important that as students become familiar with the vocabulary associated with each language function that more advanced functional vocabulary is introduced to students.