Linguistic or Communicative Competence - Which Wins?

This paper seeks to highlight the inseparable twins,  linguistic and communicative competence, two aspects of language proficiency related respectively to the form and the content of information exchange. The paper considers the importance of learning a foreign language in a right way, and also sta...

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Main Author: Gregory John Tylor
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaya 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Modern Languages
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Online Access:http://borneojournal.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3975
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spelling doaj-art-c6865ecff8014fb2b296573dce49db0d2024-11-27T18:59:45ZengUniversiti MalayaJournal of Modern Languages1675-526X2462-19862017-07-0111Linguistic or Communicative Competence - Which Wins?Gregory John Tylor0University of Malaya, Malaysia This paper seeks to highlight the inseparable twins,  linguistic and communicative competence, two aspects of language proficiency related respectively to the form and the content of information exchange. The paper considers the importance of learning a foreign language in a right way, and also states that linguistic competence has little meaning if it does not foster the learner's ability to communicate in a foreign language. http://borneojournal.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3975communicative competence; learning a foreign language; language proficiency
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Linguistic or Communicative Competence - Which Wins?
Journal of Modern Languages
communicative competence; learning a foreign language; language proficiency
title Linguistic or Communicative Competence - Which Wins?
title_full Linguistic or Communicative Competence - Which Wins?
title_fullStr Linguistic or Communicative Competence - Which Wins?
title_full_unstemmed Linguistic or Communicative Competence - Which Wins?
title_short Linguistic or Communicative Competence - Which Wins?
title_sort linguistic or communicative competence which wins
topic communicative competence; learning a foreign language; language proficiency
url http://borneojournal.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3975
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