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Acquiring Grammatical Competence

This document discusses grammatical competence and how it is acquired. It defines grammar as the set of rules governing a language's composition. Grammatical competence refers to the implicit knowledge that allows people to produce grammatically correct sentences. It is an important part of foreign language learning, especially for improving speaking skills. While grammar is important, communicative language teaching needs to balance form and meaning. Grammatical competence can be developed through regular practice using written texts and practical writing exercises.

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Acquiring Grammatical Competence

This document discusses grammatical competence and how it is acquired. It defines grammar as the set of rules governing a language's composition. Grammatical competence refers to the implicit knowledge that allows people to produce grammatically correct sentences. It is an important part of foreign language learning, especially for improving speaking skills. While grammar is important, communicative language teaching needs to balance form and meaning. Grammatical competence can be developed through regular practice using written texts and practical writing exercises.

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Acquiring

Grammatical
Competence
What is
grammar?
According to
Ur(1988:4)
Grammar can be
defined as the rule
of how to combine
and construct
Noam Chomsky
Proposes a term
called Universal
Grammar which is
related to the
highly abstract
principle inside
What is
grammar?
In linguistics, grammar is the
set of structural rules
governing the composition of
clauses, phrases, and words in
any given natural language.
The term refers also to the
study of such rules, and this
field includes phonology,
morphology, and syntax, often
What is
grammatical
competence?
Grammatical competence refers
the knowledge we have of a
to

language that accounts for our


ability to produce sentences in a
language." – Richards
"One demonstrates grammatical
competence not by stating a rule,
but by using a rule in the
interpretation, expression, or
negotiation of meaning“
- Savignon May 24, 2016
Grammatical
Competence
Is believed to have
a big role within
foreign language
learners’ language
production,
especially in spoken
the language. Richards (2008:19) says

that the learners‟ mastery of speaking

skill has become the main goal in

learning English as a second language or

foreign language. Moreover, he states

that the learners will assess their

success in language learning, especially

how effective they use the language, by

looking at how they have improved their

speaking skill.
classroom, the learners
are not exposed to
produce the language
orally. In fact, most of the
time, they are exposed to
explicit learning focusing
on the use of language
rules. Due to this fact,
there are some possible
problems faced by the
grammar or not in the communicative

language teaching.

Meanwhile, the existence of grammar

within communicative language teaching

is essential. Communicative teaching

which only focuses on meaning and

gives little

attention to grammatical rules are not


Grammatical
competence
Is the type of competence in

which it focuses on the use of
lexical items, morphology
rules, syntax, semantics and
along with the aspect of
phonology (pronunciation).
It involves the basic element
of communication such as
sentence patterns. (Murcia et
Communicative Competence
The goal with
communicative
competence is to have
the ability to use the
language correctly and
appropriately to
accomplish
communication goals.
How to acquire grammatical
competency?
Conclusion
Language is the reflection of the
grammar itself.
By teaching grammar, the students will
learn the rules and at the same time
will give such ability to the learners to
not only use the language properly but
also to understand the message itself.
The students will develop their
grammatical competence through
using written texts and doing practical
writing constantly.
References
https://prezi.com/izoqnfyfudkt/grammatica
l-competence/
https://www.professorjackrichards.com/gr
ammatical-knowledge-vs-grammatical-
compet...
Ho, P.V. & Binh, N.T.(2014) The Effects of
Communicative Grammar Teaching on
Students’ Achievement of Grammatical
Knowledge and Oral Production
Krashen, S.D.(1981) Second Language
Acquisition and Second Language
Learning
Thank
you
for
listening

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