Pragmatic aspects of communicative competence

The pragmatic aspects of communicative competence are those that have to do with how language is used in communication situations to achieve the speaker's purposes.

• What is functional competence?
• What is sociolinguistic competence?
• What is interactional competence?
• What is cultural competence?

• Overview module: Pragmatic aspects of communicative competence
• In overview module: Aspects of communicative competence
• In overview module: Introduction to guidelines for a language and cult...
• In modular book: Guidelines for a Language and Culture Learning Program, by Carol J. Orwig
• In document collection: Other Resources
• In bookshelf: Language Learning

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