TASK 14 -- Communicative Approach2

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Date Posted: 08:19:09 08/07/03 Thu
Author: C�ssia Scheinbein
Subject: TASK 14

TASK 14
YOUR TASK IS:

Read the text below and say how we can test communicative competence.

First of all, it�s good to remember that, according to Hymes, communicative competence refers not only to the ability to form correct sentences but to use them at appropriate times. Its basic idea is the ability to use language appropriately, both receptively and productively, in real situations. So, there are communicative language tests which make an effort to test language in a way that reflects the way the language is used in real communication. When testing productive skills, the emphasis is placed on appropriateness rather than on ability to form grammaticaly correct sentences. Concerning testing receptive skills, the emphasis is placed on understanding the communicative intent of the speaker or writer rather than on picking out specific details. The two are often combined in communicative testing, so that the testee must both comprehend and respond in real time. Few tests are completely communicative and many have some element of communicativeness. If possible, a communicative language test should be based on a description of the language that the testees need to use. The test should reflect the communicative situation in which the testees are likely to find themselves, but in cases where the testees do not have a specific purpose, the language that they are tested on can be directed toward general social situations where they might be in a position to use english. A communicative test of listening would test not whether the testee could understand what any utterance means, but place it in a context and see if the testee can respond appropriately to it.

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