4. La competencia comunicativa. Análisis de sus componentes.

Tema 4: COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE. ANALYSIS OF ITS COMPONENTS.

 ESSENTIAL INFORMATION TO DEVELOP

1. Introduction to communicative competence

   - Basis of the communicative approach in teaching foreign languages.

   - Promoted by CEFR, LOMCE, and competence order ECD 65/2015 to foster social interaction.

2. Definition of Communicative Competence:

   - Hymes (1972): Knowledge of “when to speak, when not, what to talk about with whom, when, where, and in what manner.”

   - Crystal: Awareness of the rules governing the appropriate use of the language in social situations.

3. Chomsky's Distinction:

   - Competence vs Performance

   - Critique by Hymes

4. Hymes' Sociolinguistic Component (1966):

5. Widdowson’s Taxonomy:

ANALYSIS OF ITS COMPONENTS (GDSS)

1. Grammatical (words and rules):

   - Syntax, morphology, orthography, rules, and patterns.

   - Key Question: What words do I use? How do I put them into phrases and sentences?

2. Discourse (coherence and cohesion):

   - Achieves coherence and cohesion by joining forms and meanings.

   - Key Question: How are words, phrases, and sentences put together to create conversations, speeches, email messages, newspaper articles?

   - Related Unit: UNIT 29: Articulation of discourse (cohesion and coherence).

3. Sociolinguistic (appropriateness):

   - Appropriateness depending on context.

   - Key Question: Which words and phrases fit this setting and this topic? How can I express a specific attitude?

   - Related Elements:

     - Receiver and purpose.

     - Grice’s cooperative principles: quality, quantity, relation, manner.

     - Goffman's politeness principles: considerate, generous, positive, modest.

4. Strategic (appropriate use of communicative strategies):

   - Use of verbal and non-verbal strategies to keep or improve communication effectiveness.

   - Key Question: How do I recognize and repair communication breakdowns?

PRESENT-DAY TRENDS

- Plain English (readability index).

- Social media language: abbreviations and specific conventions.

- European projects: Erasmus+ and eTwinning.

KEY CONCEPTS / TERMS / AUTHORS

- Communicative Competence: Hymes, Crystal, Chomsky.

- Sociolinguistic Component: Hymes (possible, feasible, appropriate, done).

- Widdowson’s Taxonomy: Usage, use.

- Grammatical Competence: Syntax, morphology, orthography.

- Discourse Competence: Coherence, cohesion (Halliday and Hasan's cohesion devices).

- Sociolinguistic Competence: Context appropriateness, Grice’s principles, Goffman’s politeness principles.

- Strategic Competence: Communication strategies, Krashen, Rivers.

 ESSENTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

- Canale, M. (1983). "From Communicative Competence to Communicative Language Pedagogy."

- Widdowson, H. G. (1992). "Teaching Language as Communication."

- Krashen, S., & Terrell, T. (1983). "The Natural Approach: Language Acquisition in the Classroom."

- Crystal, D. (1985). "Linguistics."

- Hymes, D. (1972). "On Communicative Competence."

- Krashen, S. D. (1981). "Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning."

Recuerda que tienes dos libros imprescindibles para preparar la oposición de secundaria de inglés, específicos para la parte del desarrollo del tema (La receta del tema perfecto) y la del ejercicio práctico (1,2,3 ¡Practica otra vez! ).