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Free to Communicate. Perspective: A New Freedom. ACTFL Review of Foreign Language Education, Vol. 7.
Schulz, Renate A.; Bartz, Walter H. – 1975
Greater emphasis is placed upon communication in today's foreign language classroom. Various definitions of communicative competence are considered; basically, it is the ability to understand and make oneself understood in real-life situations. In teaching for communicative competence, meaning (what is being said) becomes the focal point of…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Analysis (Language)


