Oral Communication Strategies for Lexical Difficulties.

Abstract

Recent emphasis in second language learning and language pedagogy has focused on the development of communicative competence (e.g. Savignon, 1972; Van Ek, 1975; Wilkins, 1976; Munby, 1978; Widdowson, 1978). While definitions for this ability differ, a distinction is generally maintained between 'linguistic competence' which refers to the learner's knowledge of the code as a formal system and communicative competence, the learner's ability to use that system in order to communicate effectively with others. Other models such as that of Canale and Swain (in press), posit linguistic or grammatical competence as a component of communicative competence. Regardless of the theoretical description, however, the learner's formal mastery of structures is considered to be independent of the ability to use those structures effectively.

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