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communicative language ability: a standalone construct

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Second language acquisition

a model of language ability as language competence, including organizational and pragmatic knowledge, combined with strategic competence and psychophysiological mechanisms.

In second language acquisition, communicative language ability refers to a model of language ability as language competence, including organizational and pragmatic knowledge, combined with strategic competence and psychophysiological mechanisms. This meaning comes from Bachman (1990) in Fundamental Considerations in Language Testing.[1]

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acquisition4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs competence5 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, five constructs knowledge6 fields · 12 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs

References

Bachman, L. F. (1990). Fundamental Considerations in Language Testing. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 9780194370035

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