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Define notions of "competence" and "performance'. Describe ways in which linguistic competence is assessed. How in your opinion is 'communicative competence' important in language learning?

05 Feb 2025
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In the field of linguistics, the notions of "competence" and "performance" were introduced by Noam Chomsky in the 1960s. These concepts distinguish between a speaker’s internal knowledge of a language and their actual use of it in real-life situations.  

Linguistic competence refers to the implicit, subconscious knowledge that a speaker has of the rules of their language, including grammar, syntax, phonology, and semantics. It represents an idealized capacity to produce and understand an infinite number of sentences, even those never ______ ______ ________ _______ ____ ____.
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