communicative competence

• the ability to use language, or to communicate,

  in a culturally appropriate manner in order to

  make meaning and accomplish social tasks

  with efficacy and fluency through extended

  interactions

  communicative competence
• components of communicative competence

  A) linguistic competence

  B) sociolinguistic competence

  C) discourse competence

  D) strategic competence

  
• type of competence - the knowledge of the language conventions (i.e. its grammar, punctuations, spelling, syntax, pronunciation, vocabulary); ability to create grammatically correct utterances

  linguistic competence
• type of competence - the knowledge of how to use social rules of language (e.g., formality, politeness, directness)

  sociolinguistic competence
• type of competence - the knowledge of how to produce and comprehend

  language structures into a cohesive and coherent oral or written text of different types;

  discourse competence
• type of competence - the knowledge of how to recognize and repair communication breakdowns, how to use techniques to work around gaps in one’s

  knowledge of the language, and how to modify language in the context and audience

  strategic competence
• what is speech contexts?

  The situation in which the communication occurs.
• types of speech contexts

  • intrapersonal communication
  • interpersonal communication
  • public communication
  • mass communication
  • intercultural communication
• type of speech context - centers on one person where the

  speaker acts both as the sender and

  the receiver of message.

  intrapersonal communication
• type of speech context - refers to communication between people whose lives mutually influence one another. This establishes, maintains, and/or ends relationships.

  interpersonal communication
• types of interpersonal communication

  • dyad - two people
  • small group - 3 to 12 people
• type of speech context - requires you to deliver or send the message before or in front of a group

  public communication
• It is a sender-focused form of

  communication in which one

  person is typically responsible for

  conveying information to an

  audience.

  public communication
• type of speech context - refers to communication that

  takes place through television, radio,

  newspapers, magazines, books,

  billboards, internet, and other types of

  media.

  mass communication
• type of speech context - refers to communication when individuals interact, negotiate, and create meanings while

  bringing in their varied cultural backgrounds,

  nationalities

  intercultural communication
• what is speech styles ?

  forms of the language which the speaker uses and depends on the degree of formality
• types of speech styles

  1. frozen
  2. formal
  3. consultative
  4. casual
  5. intimate
• type of speech style that remains unchanged and uses good, complex grammatical sentences and vocabulary

  frozen
• frozen examples:

  • Preamble,
  • The Lord’s Prayer,
  • Bible verses,
  • Constitution
• type of speech style that is used in professional, academic and legal settings and the use of language follows a commonly accepted format

  
  

  formal
• formal examples

  • Speeches,
  • sermons,
  • meeting,
  • job
  • interviews,
  • academic papers
• type of speech style - The normal or most operational style of speaking to colleagues or persons who are neither friends, relatives, nor acquaintances.

  consultative
• consultative examples:

  • doctor-patient
  • lawyer-client
  • teacher-student
  • teacher-parent
• type of speech style that is commonly used in conversations among friends

  casual
• casual examples:

  • slang : LOL, charot, afaik
  • colloquial: "sup?"
  • ellipsis: "you ready yet?"
• type of speech style that is completely private, developed within family, lovers, closest friends

  intimate
• intimate examples:

  • nicknames
  • terms of endearment
• what is speech act?

  an utterance that

  a speaker makes to

  achieve an intended

  effect
• types of speech acts:

  • locutionary act
  • illocutionary act
  • perlocutionary act
• speech act - refers to the act of producing an utterance

  locutionary act
• speech act - refers to the social function of what is said

  illocutionary act
• searle's classification of illocutionary acts

  • assertive
  • directive
  • commissive
  • expressive
  • declaration
• type of ill. acts - speaker expresses belief about the truth of a preposition and or / to describe the world (claiming, telling, stating, suggesting, putting forward, swearing, boasting, concluding)

  assertive
• type of ill acts - speaker tries to make the receiver perform an action or aims at getting people to do something (examples, ordering, requesting, inviting, advising, and begging)

  directive
• type of ill. acts - speaker commits to doing something in the future (promising, planning, vowing, betting, threatening)

  commissive
• type of ill act - speaker expresses his / her feelings or emotional reactions (thankful, greeting, congratulating, apologizing, welcoming)

  expressive
• speech act that refers to the resulting act of what is said. the effect

  perlocutionary act
• type of ill. act - an action that functions to change an external situation (officiating a marriage, blessing, firing, bidding)

  declaration