alleryHymes's communicative competence redefined what it meant to do what?
ATeach a classical tongue
BAssess written accuracy
CStandardize a dialect
DTruly know a language
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Truly know a language
1. Communicative competence added appropriate use to structural mastery.
2. Speakers must use structures suitably in many speech domains.
3. It was therefore about what it means to know a language, not about handwriting or dialect standards.
_Source: Wikipedia, Communicative language teaching, Academic influences_
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