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Acquiring knowledge for L2 use - Coggle Diagram
Acquiring knowledge for L2 use
Communicative competence
Definition:
Everything needed to communicate
Linguistics
Social
Cutural
Laguage knowledge
Vocabulary
Morphology
Phonology
Syntax
Discourse
Use of language in context
Pragmatic competence
Cutural/content knowledge
Context
social norms
schemas
Purposes of L2 Use
Academic Competence
Priorities: Reading → Listening → Writing → Speaking
Needed for: studying subjects, research, academic writing, listening to lectures.
Interpersonal Competence
Priorities: Listening → Speaking → Reading → Writing
Needed for: everyday face-to-face interaction, negotiation of meaning
Components of Language Knowledge
Morphology
Phonology
Vocabulary
Syntax
discourse
Receptive Activities
Bottom-up Processing
Requires vocabulary, morphology, phonology, syntax, discourse knowledge
Top-down Processing
Uses prior knowledge (content, context, culture, schemas) to interpret meaning
Reading
Central for academic competence
Requires:
Large recognition vocabulary
Grammar & discourse structure knowledge
Content/world knowledge
Metacognitive monitoring
Functions: reading to find info → understand → learn → critique
Listening
Critical for both academic & interpersonal use
Types: Reciprocal (face-to-face) vs. Non-reciprocal (broadcasts, lectures)
Processing: input → bottom-up decoding + top-down interpretation
Challenges: accents, speed, background noise, working memory limits
Productive Activities
Writing
Academic: structured, formal, abstract
Interpersonal: informal, short, message-oriented
Speaking
Requires online processing, negotiation of meaning
Heavily dependent on vocabulary and phonology