What is strategic competence? communicative competence elt strategic competence

 

By Dr Jeremy Koay

A limited view

How do you participate in a conversation if you are not familiar with the topic? What can you do if your listeners misunderstood you? In order to prepare learners for these situations, materials developers should include instances of communication...

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What is discourse competence? communicative competence discourse competence elt

By Dr Jeremy Koay

A limited view

The popularity of mechanical grammar drills in language teaching, still prevalent in some parts of the world, is influenced by the view that grammatical structures are the basic building blocks of language. It is assumed that individuals will be able to use...

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