EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS: AN INTERVIEW ON COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

French teacher, Escuela Oficial de Idiomas

-What is “communicative competence”?

+Es la facultad que tienen dos personas para interactuar.

[It is the faculty that two people have to interact]

-How would you apply this competence in the classroom?

+Es muy complicado, por falta de tiempo en el aula. En una clase normal no se podría

aplicar.

[It is very complicated, because there’s not enough time in the classroom. In a normal

class span of time, it wouldn’t be possible to apply this competence.]

-¿Qué actividades propondría para que funcionara?

+Una actividad fuera del aula donde hubiera un interlocutor.