Figure I. Language/communicative sub-skills and skills.
Listening, speaking, reading, writing, skills
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The language skills include sub-skills (so called language habits in the domestic methodology) which are primary in the condition of out-language environment.
H.G. Widdowson distinguished two aspects of performance: 1) usage is one aspect which makes evident the context rules, 2) use is another aspect which makes evident the context of which the language user demonstrate his/her ability to use knowledge of linguistic rules for effective communications. Both these aspects of performance are required as linguistic performance involves the simultaneous manifestation of the language system as usage and its realization as uses[58].
Communicative competence (proficiency) is a result of FLT so these components are refracted towards the six Reference levels in CEFR.
The idea of communicative competence is originally derived from Chomsky’s distinction between ‘competence’ and ‘performance’. The former is the linguistic knowledge of the idealized native speaker, an innate biological function of the mind that allows individuals to generate the infinite set of grammatical sentences that constitutes their language, and the latter is the actual use of language in concrete situations. By competence, Chomsky means the shared knowledge of the ideal speaker-listener set in a completely homogenous speech community[12,67]. Such underlying knowledge enables a user of a language to produce and understand an infinite set of sentences out of a finite set of rules. The transformational grammar provides for an explicit account of this tacit knowledge of language structures, which is usually not conscious but is necessarily implicit. Hymes says that “the transformational theory carries to its perfection the desire to deal in practice only with what is internal to language, yet to find in that internality that in theory is of the widest or deepest human significance”[21,59].
In the recent years, learners acquired the language with the help of language labs when modern foreign language programs commenced advancing as a new discipline in secondary schools and universities. Students learnt the language by following a prescribed audio program, and obtained auditory exposure to the language. It was an essential innovation in the mid twentieth century. However, in today’s era of digital, building audio language labs is not beneficial since there are significant changes in the innovative trends. Student portfolios, digital and multimedia projects are obtaining popularity in foreign language teaching providing a superior opportunity to develop students’ oral and listening competencies.
The importance of intercultural competence in intercultural interaction. Acquired intercultural competence skills help us to communicate effectively with representatives of other cultures both during private trips, travels, and in the context of business intercultural interaction. The importance of intercultural competence is particularly evident in intercultural official interaction, as this interaction usually takes place continuously between representatives of different cultures in business, politics, science, culture or similar fields, rather than occasionally as on various tourist or similar trips. In order to make good use of creative thinking in an intercultural context, the level of
creativity of the participants in the intercultural communication must be taken into account when organizing meetings.[68]
Student portfolios are collaborative efforts between a student and a teacher that provide clear demonstrations of a student’s progress and achievements. Students are guided by their teachers to develop their own portfolios over time. Student portfolios contain demonstrations of their knowledge and authentic use. The beauty of the student portfolio is that the student owns it, not the teacher[15].
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