Native Speaker Competencies (adapted from Harmer, ch. 3)

1. Pronunciation

• Sounds
• Stress (and Rhythm)
• Intonation

2. Grammar

• Competence (knowledge)
• Performance (ability to use)

3. Vocabulary (lexis)

The Four Skills:

4. Reading

5. Writing

6. Listening

7. Speaking

• Genres:
• Subskills:

8. Communicative Competence

• Discourse (structure and organization)
• Socio-linguistic (appropriacy)
• Grammatical
• Strategic (knowing how to use what, when)
  

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