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ERIC Number: EJ392287
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Communicative Competence as Language Use.
Davies, Alan
Applied Linguistics, v10 n2 p157-70 Jun 1989
Reviews the various definitions of communicative competence, and argues for a view of communicative competence as language use, a lesser but more readily achievable ambition for both theory and pedagogy. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Processing, Language Proficiency, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Note: Paper presented at a joint seminar of the British and American Associations for Applied Linguistics (Coventry, England, July 8-10, 1988).