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Download full textHenning, Grant; Cascallar, Eduardo – 1992
Although programs for teaching and testing of English as a second language (ESL) are often evaluated for their attention to communicative competence, there is no consensus on the nature of the communicative competence construct(s) and little empirical support for the various explanatory models. The theoretical literature related to communicative…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Construct Validity, Definitions
