communicative competence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcommunicativeandcompetence
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communicative
adjective
uk/kəˈmjuː.nɪ.kə.tɪv/us/kəˈmjuː.nə.keɪ.t̬ɪv/
willing to talk to people and give ...
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competence
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈkɒm.pɪ.təns/us/ˈkɑːm.pə.t̬əns/
the ability to do ...
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(Definition ofcommunicativeandcompetencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The second was to examine whether theory of mind ability was associated withcommunicativecompetence.
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Only longitudinal research can confirm the direction of the associations between the impaired theory of mind andcommunicativecompetencethat we found.
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It is far from comprehensive but serves to illustrate how inadequate many current language textbooks are in developing learners' overallcommunicativecompetence.
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This article introduces a new dimension to the debate over the re-conceptualisation ofcommunicativecompetenceand its implications for language pedagogy.
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The concept ofcommunicativecompetence, initially developed for ethnographic research, appeared to offer an intellectual basis for pedagogic broadening.
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Perhaps it is not the goal that is insufficient, but rather the waycommunicativecompetenceis conceptualized.
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The research revealed a positive correlation between the learners' perceiving the communication task as authentic and the development of personalcommunicativecompetence.
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There is clear evidence thatcommunicativecompetencecan best be regarded as multidimensional.
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However, other patterns of association between the measures of early language andcommunicativecompetencedid resemble those found in typical development.
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Developingcommunicativecompetencein a second language (pp. 55 - 73).
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Thecommunicativecompetencemodel proved highly successful in broadening the scope of classroom teaching and applied linguistics.
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However, only a few empirical studies have addressedcommunicativecompetenceas a multifaceted construct encompassing organizational, pragmatic, and strategic abilities.
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Proposing a relationship between theory of mind andcommunicativecompetenceis consistent with existing theories related to language use.
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These four groups of children provide a valuable opportunity to examine the relationship of theory of mind to the development ofcommunicativecompetence.
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The present results lead to the expectation that the development of theory of mind and ofcommunicativecompetencewill prove to be closely interwoven.
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Studies examining normal children have shown close relationships between developments of theory of mind andcommunicativecompetence.
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There are also teachers who question the prospect of developing children'scommunicativecompetencethrough sandwich stories.
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Talking with strangers : a study of bilingual children'scommunicativecompetence.
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Still, he makes little use of clarification requests, which stimulate the development of children's linguistic andcommunicativecompetencein the target language.
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The book begins by clearly defining the goal of the communicative approach:communicativecompetence.
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