Communicative Competence: A Pedagogically Motivated

Communicative Competence: A Pedagogically Motivated

Model with Content Specifications

Marianne Celce-Murcia

University of California, Los Angeles

Zoltan Ddrnyei

Sarah Thurrell.

Ei5tvos University, Budapest 

This paper argues the need for an updated and explicit description of language

teaching areas generated with reference to a detailed model of communicative

competence. We describe two existing models of communicative competence and

then propose our own pedagogically motivated construct, which includes five

components: (1) discourse competence, (2) linguistic competence, (3) actional

competence, (4) sociocultural competence, and (5) strategic competence. We discuss

these competencies in as much detail as is currently feasible, provide content

specifications for each component, and touch on remaining issues and possible future

developments.




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