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Communicative Lg competence - Coggle Diagram
Communicative Lg competence
linguistic competences
knowledge of, and ability to use, the formal resources from which well-formed, meaningful messages may be assembled and formulated
Lexical competence
knowledge of, and ability to use, the vocabulary of a Lg
Lexical elements
Fixed expressions
Single word forms
Grammatical elements
Closed word classes
articles
quantifiers (some)
demonstrative
Grammatical competence
knowledge of, and ability to use,
the grammatical resources of a LG
Morphology
deals with the internal organisation of words
Syntax
deals with the organisation of words into sentences in terms of the categories, elements, classes, structures, processes and relations involved,
Semantic competence
learner’s awareness and control
of the organisation of meaning
relation of word to general context:
reference; connotation
interlexical relations (
synonymy, antonymy
)
Phonological competence
knowledge of, and skill in the perception and production of
phonemes & allophones
phonetic features which distinguish phonemes
( voicing, rounding, nasality, plosion)
phonetic composition of words (syllable structure)
sentence phonetics (prosody):
sentence stress, rhythm and intonation
phonetic reduction:
vowel reduction
strong and weak forms
assimilation
elision
Orthographic competence
knowledge of and skill in the perception and production of the symbols of which written texts are composed
the form of letters
proper spelling of words
punctuation marks
typographical conventions
logographic signs (e.g.
,
&, $, etc.)
Orthoepic competence
to be able to produce a correct pronunciation
from the written form
sociolinguistic competences
knowledge and skills required to deal
with the social dimension of language use
Linguistic markers of social relations
greetings, address forms, conventions for turntaking
depending on factors such as a) relative status, b) closeness of relation, c) register of discourse
Politeness conventions
Expressions of folk wisdom
(*proverbs, idioms, quotations
Register differences
systematic differences between varieties of language
used in different contexts
(frozen, formal, neutral, informal, familiar, intimate)
Dialect and accent
awareness of their social connotations
Pragmatic competences
Discourse competence
ability of a user/learner to arrange sentences in
sequence so as to produce coherent stretches of Lg
(
thematic organisation; coherence and cohesion; logical ordering; style and register; rhetorical effectiveness; the ‘co-operative principle’ (Grice 1975)
)
Functional competence
use of spoken discourse and written texts in communication for particular functional purposes
Microfunctions
Acoording to Threshold Level (1990):
imparting and seeking factual information
expressing and finding out attitudes
Suasion (
suggestions, requests, warnings, advice, encouragement, asking help, invitations, offers
)
socialising
structuring discourse
communication repair
Macrofunctions
categories for the functional use of spoken discourse or written text consisting of a sequence of sentences:
description
. narration
commentary
exposition
exegis
explanation
demonstration
instruction
argumentation
persuasion
Interaction schemata
knowledge of and ability to use the schemata (patterns of social interaction) which underlie communication
question: answer
statement: agreement/disagreement
request/offer/apology: acceptance/non-acceptance
greeting/toast: response