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What are the four major components of communicative competence according to Canale and Swain's model?
What are the four major components of communicative competence according to Canale and Swain's model?
The four major components are grammatical competence, sociolinguistic competence, discourse competence, and strategic competence.
What does socio-linguistic competence refer to?
What does socio-linguistic competence refer to?
Socio-linguistic competence refers to the appropriateness of communication depending on the context, including factors like the relationship between the speaker and the receiver.
Why is being grammatically competent not sufficient to be proficient in a foreign language?
Why is being grammatically competent not sufficient to be proficient in a foreign language?
Being grammatically competent alone is not enough because one also needs to understand the systems that govern language and how to use them in interactional purposes.
What areas of language does grammatical competence encompass?
What areas of language does grammatical competence encompass?
How does the organization of language elements influence communication?
How does the organization of language elements influence communication?
What is the role of strategic competence in communicative competence?
What is the role of strategic competence in communicative competence?
Who conducted the most important study on the notion of communicative competence?
Who conducted the most important study on the notion of communicative competence?
What is the relationship between knowledge about language and communicative language skill?
What is the relationship between knowledge about language and communicative language skill?
Why is grammatical competence important in linguistic interaction?
Why is grammatical competence important in linguistic interaction?
What theoretical framework did Canale and Swain formulate?
What theoretical framework did Canale and Swain formulate?
What is the purpose of language according to the text?
What is the purpose of language according to the text?
What are the requirements for effective speech according to Grice?
What are the requirements for effective speech according to Grice?
What are Goffman's principles of politeness?
What are Goffman's principles of politeness?
What is discourse competence?
What is discourse competence?
What are some ways to achieve coherence in a conversation or text?
What are some ways to achieve coherence in a conversation or text?
How does conversation differ from written language in terms of cohesion?
How does conversation differ from written language in terms of cohesion?
What is strategic competence?
What is strategic competence?
How do linguistic and non-linguistic communication strategies influence communication?
How do linguistic and non-linguistic communication strategies influence communication?
Give an example of when strategic competence is used.
Give an example of when strategic competence is used.
Why is it important for pupils to train their strategic competence?
Why is it important for pupils to train their strategic competence?
Which figure of speech is used in the sentence 'Round and round the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran'?
Which figure of speech is used in the sentence 'Round and round the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran'?
What is the main difference between a metaphor and a simile?
What is the main difference between a metaphor and a simile?
What is the figure of speech used in the sentence 'An Einstein'?
What is the figure of speech used in the sentence 'An Einstein'?
Which category of figures of speech changes the ordinary or expected pattern of words?
Which category of figures of speech changes the ordinary or expected pattern of words?
What is the figure of speech used in the sentence 'For Brutus is an honorable man; / So are they all, all honorable men'?
What is the figure of speech used in the sentence 'For Brutus is an honorable man; / So are they all, all honorable men'?
What is the figure of speech used in the sentence 'That filthy place was really dirty'?
What is the figure of speech used in the sentence 'That filthy place was really dirty'?
What is the figure of speech used in the sentence 'I had butterflies in my stomach'?
What is the figure of speech used in the sentence 'I had butterflies in my stomach'?
Which of the following best defines a figure of speech?
Which of the following best defines a figure of speech?
What is an example of a polysyndeton?
What is an example of a polysyndeton?
How are figures of speech traditionally classified?
How are figures of speech traditionally classified?
What is an example of a metaphor?
What is an example of a metaphor?
What are the four categories of figures of speech according to classical rhetoricians?
What are the four categories of figures of speech according to classical rhetoricians?
What is another term for omission in figures of speech?
What is another term for omission in figures of speech?
Are the categories of figures of speech still used today?
Are the categories of figures of speech still used today?
Which figure of speech involves the repetition of the same word or group of words at the end of successive clauses?
Which figure of speech involves the repetition of the same word or group of words at the end of successive clauses?
Which figure of speech involves the repetition of a single word, with no other words in between?
Which figure of speech involves the repetition of a single word, with no other words in between?
Which figure of speech involves the use of two nouns to express an idea when it normally would consist of an adjective and a noun?
Which figure of speech involves the use of two nouns to express an idea when it normally would consist of an adjective and a noun?
Which figure of speech involves the use of three nouns to express one idea?
Which figure of speech involves the use of three nouns to express one idea?
Which figure of speech involves words with the same ending?
Which figure of speech involves words with the same ending?
Which figure of speech involves the use of an exaggeration of a statement?
Which figure of speech involves the use of an exaggeration of a statement?
Which figure of speech involves the use of repetition of the disjunctive pair 'neither' and 'nor'?
Which figure of speech involves the use of repetition of the disjunctive pair 'neither' and 'nor'?
Which figure of speech involves the use of parallel structures of the same length in successive clauses?
Which figure of speech involves the use of parallel structures of the same length in successive clauses?
Which figure of speech involves the use of repetition of words derived from the same root?
Which figure of speech involves the use of repetition of words derived from the same root?
Which one of these is an example of anaphora?
Which one of these is an example of anaphora?
Which one of these is an example of asyndeton?
Which one of these is an example of asyndeton?
Which one of these is an example of antithesis?
Which one of these is an example of antithesis?
Which one of these is an example of climax?
Which one of these is an example of climax?
Which one of these is an example of consonance?
Which one of these is an example of consonance?
Which one of these is an example of ellipsis?
Which one of these is an example of ellipsis?
Which one of these is an example of enallage?
Which one of these is an example of enallage?
