communicative competence

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  • 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