Irish Joy M.
Tengco
BMSEE-2
TITLE: THE CHALLENGES MET IN TEACHING COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE AND WAYS OF IMPROVING
TEACHING ENGLISH TO ACHIEVE COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE
COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE CHALLENGES WAYS OF IMPROVING TEACHING
ENGLISH
Grammatical/Linguistic Learners have a limited We can develop a reading habit
Competence vocabulary, affecting their for our learners, play word games
capability to use or comprehend and spell, words of the day using
the language structure. the dictionary, and practice new
words. In this way, students can
discover new words and increase
their vocabulary which
contributes to their fluency.
Sociolinguistic Competence Learners have a hard time using We can improve this by giving
proper language in different real-life examples to learners on
settings in terms of being formal when it is okay to use slang words
and informal. and when it is not. We can also
give activities to our learners
wherein they can use their
communication skills in different
situations or environments.
Discourse Competence Not all students have the ability to We need to expose our students
understand and produce texts in to these qualities. Nurture
all aspects; listening, reading, students' listening skills by telling
writing, and speaking. stories and asking questions
afterward. We can also give them
an activity in which they can write
a poem or an essay to strengthen
their writing skills. Giving them a
reading assignment and sharing
what they understand from their
reading can help them improve
their speaking skills. In short, we
need to integrate these four to
improve their conversation
competency.
Strategic Competence Some students struggle using Begin by asking your students
communication strategies what difficulties they experience
especially when the setting is not in communicating and then
familiar to them. Cultural discuss different strategies to
differences are one of the improve it. Understanding the
challenges in this communicative needs of your students can
competence. improve your way of teaching.